From time to time one should walk his watches - just to make sure they see something of the world. So I was thinking in which area of the world I should walk my watches ... I felt it needs to be a very special area which proves worthy of the great engineering of the watches.
So, off I went on Thursday evening to the airport. Here two pics taken at the airport:
That is were I was flying to. 
Then heading two hours by car into the target area - The Langhe Region (Barolo area) were the world's greatest wine is being produced. A wine which is so special as each single IWC watch is.
Arrived in Bra (a small city in the Langhe) we met my client for dinner. And see there, also him was wearing an IWC
The evening started with some great food and great wine - here a Barbera D'Alba (2009) from Conterno.
Big Pilot meets Octopus:
That is how one looks like after the 4th bootle of great wine, killed with 2.5 people drinking:-)
The GTG picture:
Our hotel in Bra, Cantina Ascheri, a vineyard with hotel
In other parts of the world, a bottle of water is waiting for you at the hotel room. In this area, you have a bottle of wine waiting for you;-)
Next morning at breakfast - trying to decide which IWC to wear for the day
After breakfast we went visiting Altare's vineyard. Elio Altare is one of the popes of Barolo. He is a symbol for art and innovation around Barolo. He is producing only about 60k bottles per year, doing the grape harvest completely without machines, he is not using any kind of chemicals for his wines ... his wine is kind of as handcrafted as an IWC is.
Some views of his vineyards
These are Elio's private wine bottles
Elio was telling me about his passion for wines, that he produces only pure wines, and I told him about my passion for IWC, and that an IWC is also something very special. I told him about my KK DV and the perpetual calendar, and he was fascinated of this. So we took a picture of the two of us, and as you can see, he is wearing my KK DV. I am so proud!
After about two hours of talking about wines and IWCs, we went upstairs to taste "a few" wines:
What a great taste. A few hours later I needed some fresh air;-) Ideal time to take some pics at the Belvedere of La Morra
Enough fresh air, time for late lunch ... obviously with some wine. Mission accomplished, bottle empty:
Walking around and taking some pics here and there, before visiting the next vineyard, the one of Roberto Voerzio, another Barolo pope.
These Voerzio's vineyards and cellar:
Look at this great red color. The Regulateur Platinum really fits into the scene:
Time for dinner at one of the greatest restaurants in that area - Bovio. Well, what should you have for dinner in that area in that period of time? Right, White Alba Truffel:
Look at these two great truffles. Can you smell it?
A complete dinner with white truffles, even the cheese at the end, obviously accompanied by some great Nebbiolo (A La Spinetta in this case) and some great Barolo (A Pio Cesare in that case). Sorry, but I was too busy enjoying the food, and therefore I could not take too many pictures.
Enough for that day. The next day in the morning a visit to a bigger vineyard, Fontanafredda, which by the way belongs to the founder of Eataly.
Double watched in front of Barolo's from 2001:
Having a walk before the next ... lunch with wine;-)
The IWC tree ... LoL
Time to kill some wine bottles over lunch
Two great brands having a short GTG
A few hours later ... time for dinner, with some great wines:
It was a great experience ... probably with just a little little little too much wine ... but hey, who cares ... life it too short to not enjoy such great things:-))
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