Tracy Smith

In 2013, according to Imad, Robert told him that returns on his investment would be big.

And if he invested cash, they'd get better deals.

Imad was jumping into business with Robert Dahl with both feet.

It sounds like the perfect match.

Robert, who supposedly knows about wine but doesn't have the money, and then Imad, who doesn't know a lot about wine but has the cash.

Exactly.

Remember, Dahl had already started a vineyard business with Dominic Fopoli, but that wasn't enough for him.

Shortly after Dahl's partnership with Fopoli began, it ended.

There'd been problems.

Now Dahl wanted his own thing.

He wanted his name on the bottle.

Emad was going to make that happen.

His investment.

which now totaled $1.2 million, would help launch Dahl Vineyards.

Emod was finally a player, and Dahl was center stage.

Did people seem like they were having a good time?

And the business prospered, so much that Dahl was soon able to repay Imad part of his investment.

And that's the thing.

Everything that Robert Dahl touched seemed to be turning out golden.

And it was happening so fast.