Daniela looks at the various contexts for using the adverb ora (now) and its synonyms and variants.

This segment is about how the famous wine Barolo came into being. It all started in the Grinzane Castle in the mid-1800s.

Ginevra is tuned in to Luca's mood and they talk about what might be causing it. His mood doesn't keep him from figuring out some new details about the case, however. Some viewers will catch him as, in a moment of humility, he makes a fleeting reference to another police chief in a very successful TV series.

We've come to the end of this romantic story. You can see for yourself what becomes of Guia and Renzo. And let us know what you thought of it!

Dante and Eva are still not talking to each other. Lorenzo and Dante are talking, but not really listening to each other. Andreina and Eva witness something interesting at the pharmacy.

Camilla goes to the police station to report the theft of her handbag. Livietta confesses to why her retainer is hurting her.

Here is some more about the very useful adverb and conjunction quando (when). It's comforting to know that quando is usually translated with "when," but there are a few exceptions, and above all, there are some new expressions to learn.

The Grinzane Castle houses a Museum of Peasant Civilization. Alberto Angela shows us a huge wine press and explains how it worked.

Ora, the word for "now" can be combined with a number of other words to means something that has to do with time, but that indicates more precisely when a period begins or ends.

Brigadiere, Aunt Caterina's dog, gives Luca an idea regarding the investigation and he and Lara are off. Speaking of animals, in his phone call with Toscani, Luca uses an idiomatic expression featuring an animal. Get some insight about it in this lesson.

Eva is cooking up a storm, but it's also time to help Alba. Lorenzo has a bad night.

Renzo wants Camilla to go to a book presentation with him, but she is not so sure. She totally forgets her appointment with the neighbor boy, but he doesn't. She helps him with his Latin, but tries to draw him out, too.

We discover an amazing spot in the Italian Alps that overlooks the Chisone valley: an eighteenth-century fortified boundary wall, one of the longest in the world.

Vincenzo, a barman in Mazara del Vallo (a place you will certainly want to visit if you go to Sicily), demonstrates how to make a drink you will find exclusively at his bar, called VintRo'.

Here's how to plan a birthday party in Italian. In this case, it's for a piglet turning eight.