Tracy Smith

Well, we found a guy who can explain it all.

Because his family has worked in these valleys for generations.

And he says he could have been a victim that day, too.

So is it customary if we visit to open a bottle of wine?

Cheers.

Meet Dominic Fopoli, pretty close to royalty around here.

Now, he and his brother and sisters and friends run the Christopher Creek Winery.

Are there a lot of dreamers who come here?

How tough is it to break in?

And then there's the matter of trust.

Doing business in the wine country is often very personal.

You bond with a person and then maybe go into business with them?

But as we'll find out, watch out if that bond is broken.

because the stakes are high.

The money makes people crazy.

Lou Perdue is a tech entrepreneur and the most respected wine writer in Napa.

Money is intoxicating, and when you mix money and wine, I think you get intoxicated to the second or third power.

How often does it happen that somebody comes in with a lot of money and not so much knowledge about wine, but just wants to be a part of this?

Every day.

Back in 2011, a guy named Robert Dahl was about to get drunk on all that money.