Screaming Eagle

In 2006, sports-star money manager Charles Banks and Denver Nuggets owner Stanley Kroenke bought this cult Napa Cabernet vineyard from Jean Phillips. Their first moves? Firing acclaimed winemaker Heidi Peterson Barrett and doubling the release price to $500. Those actions helped cement the wine&#39;s position as a status symbol—and bolstered its resale at auction—while doing nothing about the stuff actually inside the bottle, which, while plenty good, isn&#39;t likely to make anyone&#39;s starting five.