Tracy Smith

Within a couple of years, his bottling business was a big success, and Dahl liked to show it.

I'm sorry?

He showed up at my office.

With $10,000 in cash.

Did he seem concerned about money?

So it was in 2011 that Robert Dahl took his next big step toward his dream of making it big in the wine business.

He linked up with that prince of the wine country, Dominic Fopoli.

Fipoli was young.

He didn't have his own personal vineyard yet, and he needed more product.

Over the next year, Fipoli and Dahl became close.

Fipoli staked everything he had on this partnership, even his house.

Fipoli didn't think it would be a stretch for Robert Dahl.

Did you feel like he had your back?

But almost as soon as the vineyard deal with Fipoli was closed, Dahl was looking for the next big thing.

Sharing ownership in a vineyard wasn't good enough.

He wanted to be the boss.

To do that, he needed new partners.

And then he found just the man he was looking for.

A man with connections to the bright lights of Hollywood.

With a gym bag full of money.