Blood Into Wine Page #11

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up past Flagstaff,

up toward the Grand canyon.

It's just amazing.

It looks like-- It looks like pimples.

Yeah. This is pumice.

And what's funny is it reminds me

of vineyards I've been to

a number of times in Sicily,

on the hillsides of Etna,

the volcano.

- Never been.

- That's cool. I mean, it's off the charts.

Judith.

This is 1 00% Cabernet.

- And this is named after your mom?

- Yes.

Yes-- I really like

the "spearmint, eucalyptus, mint" character.

It reminds me of some of the classic

Cabernets from Napa Valley

like Heitz and other wines,

even old Mondavis.

They came from the floor there--

vineyards on the floor of Oakville.

- Yeah.

- Let's see what it tastes like.

Classic Cab grown at almost 5,000 feet.

Finally.

All the bullshit you used to make

from California.

Thanks, James.

No, but this tastes

like something interesting.

Don't you remember

the first time I met you?

- Wasn't it a Cab you gave me?

- Yeah.

- We met at chateau Marmont.

- Yeah.

And you go, "What do you think

of this wine?" I just go--

- "Get out."

- No, I wasn't that mean.

I said, "You can do better."

I said,

"lt tastes like a lot of other things."

- Right.

- But this has this real currant cassis.

More Bordeaux, but something,

you know, a little bit different.

And when you think ofArizona--

- Hello.

- Granite edge.

You know?

I'm just not so sure it goes with roadkill.

You just don't know.

Is that coming for dinner tomorrow night?

No, but seriously, this--

- this is pretty impressive.

- You like?

Thank you. Cheers.

Judith would be happy to hear that.

What l like about a lot of wines

is there's a story behind it.

Wine is an evocative,

consumable product.

You drink it,

and you think of where it's from.

The Judith I really like

because not only is it

a very, very good wine--

I love the structure and the character--

but l love the story about--

about Maynard's mom,

and that's really touching.

But I also appreciate

where the wine's from.

I've walked in the vineyards,

I've touched the soil,

I've smelled the flowers,

the area,

and now in my mind and in my heart,

it'll always be there.

Wine is a time machine,

particularly when you drink old wines.

I've had wines from 1 865.

And you drink it, and you think,

"My God, this wine is so beautiful.

It has such flavor."

But then, at the same time,

you think about

when it was made and what happened.

The Judith--

when I drink that wine, it's there.

It brings it back right away.

I'm back there in the vineyards

with Maynard, tasting it.

I mean, its early days,

but I'm really happy,

and I'm excited for--

you know-- for Maynard,

because, you know, he's a friend,

and I wish him the best.

And, you know, I just--

And I'm happy that it's not just a whim,

because, you know, you know,

friends and also artists like Maynard...

You know,

you can do whimsical things.

And I think that, in fact,

I'm going away knowing

that my friend

actually is doing something serious,

and that it's all going to be okay.

I got a question for you.

What kind of tool do you have to be

to live out in the desert and make wine?

This doesn't taste like wine.

It smells and tastes like sh*t.

If you guys weren't relatives...

You know,

I used to play guitar in my band.

We had better-- had songs that were--

many more songs than that--

than you had.

Sing us your song.

My song for-- The songs--

We had better--

I remember

that f***ing band that came out.

- Your band was on MTV.

- I went to see your f***ing band.

Yeah, we had--

It would have been better if we play--

if we could tour,

but they wouldn't let us tour, so...

Good luck.

- Thanks for being here.

- Best.

Thanks so much for coming.

- That's all we have

for Focus on Interesting Things.

- Interesting...

In 20 years from now,

will Maynard be remembered

as the man who launched

the Arizona wine craze

and, like, Tool as a footnote?

Probably not, but anything is possible.

I think that he's got his hands

in so many things right now

that sort of the legacy of Maynard

is still really up for grabs.

And I think that that's what he's

probably not consciously doing, but think--

I mean, he's a man creating his legacy

beyond Tool right now,

even though Tool is still going strong.

Maynard, we haven't told you this yet,

but we were in L.A. shooting

the Interesting Things, you know, interview.

Yeah.

And we were approached

by a reality show producer.

- A big-time producer.

- One of the biggest.

One of the biggest. He works with--

You're not rolling, Cary?

- No, just checking the lights.

- Okay.

This guy's huge.

He's worked with Mark Burnett

since the beginning.

We're talking Survivor.

We're talking The Apprentice.

He's basically the biggest guy in reality TV.

And, you know, he saw a trailer

of this film, BIood into Wine,

and he's kind of--

He put an offer on the table

to do a reality show--

to turn this film into a reality show.

Just kind of take it from here

and just keep going.

Keep the crews here.

Really tell the story further.

And we were thinking that,

you know,

it'd obviously be huge

for wine sales and for money.

- We'd all make millions, probably.

- Yeah.

Is that appealing to you in any way?

What are your thoughts about that?

The only reason people are going to know

that I'm out here on my knees,

digging holes and making wine

and, you know, cultivating grapes

is because you have a camera on me.

That's the only reason.

And who know--I mean, it's a camera.

Who knows what happened

when the camera goes off?

We could set this whole thing up.

It could be all bullshit.

This might be my first time on this location.

You don't know.

As soon as the camera's on,

people act different.

It's just the nature of reality TV.

This may not be how I am.

People get into winemaking all the time,

you know,

with such little knowledge

of what this really entails.

Okay? l mean, think about this really.

When people see--

Whenthey think of a winemaker, okay?

I think sometimes they think

of "the salt of the earth" kind of guy,

but a lot of times

they think of somebody sniffing wine

and pontificating and, you know,

the nose inthe air and all that stuff.

You guys may even have

some shots like that.

But, you know,

It's hard labor.

So why am I not in Vegas

with hookers and pia coladas

at the pool at the Hard Rock Hotel?

Look at me.

We reserve those kind of things

for good-looking people.

I'm not the beautiful people.

I'm the hardworking guy.

I'm going to have to till the soil.

Nothing I get comes easy.

And I don't see life

as you get to a certain point,

and then you just

kind of level it off and coast.

There is no such thing as coasting in life.

There's always going to be a curveball.

It's always going to be change and chaos,

and I don't mean that in a bad way.

I think that chaos and change is goo.

It took people seven years to get Tool.

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