Maynard James Keenan Wine Documentary Coming

06/11/09 1:44pm

by Kate Harper (CHARTattack)

If you haven't figured it out already, Tool vocalist Maynard James Keenan's really, really into wine.

So into it, in fact, that he's letting directors Ryan Page and Christopher Pomerenke (Moog, The Heart Is A Drum Machine) make a documentary called Blood Into Wine: The Arizona Stronghold about the wine business he founded with his business partner, Eric Glomski.

Cary Truelick is shooting the film on location at the vineyard in Arizona's Verde Valley. Blood Into Wine will wrap in September and the documentary will receive limited theatrical release in February and March 2010.

You can see and download the trailer for Blood Into Wine here.

Keenan moved to Arizona in the '90s and owns three vineyards — Merkin Vineyards, Caduceus Cellars and Stronghold Vineyards — which are all located in the state. Keenan produced the first wine from his own grapes earlier this year and named it after his late mother.

Keenan also owns a produce market in Arizona and will soon open an organic market in the state which will include a wine tasting room and a food court.

Keenan will appear at select Whole Foods in Orlando tomorrow (Friday) for a wine signing from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. and will be on hand for another signing at the Whole Foods in Jacksonville, Fla. on Saturday from 2 to 5 p.m.

You can see Keenan screaming and not signing any bottles of wine at the following Tool shows:

July 18 Denver, CO @ The Fields at Dick's Sporting Goods Park (Mile High Festival)
July 19 Salt Lake City, UT @ EnergySolutions Arena
July 21 Phoenix, AZ @ US Airways Center
July 22 Rio Rancho, NM @ Santa Ana Star Center
July 24 San Antonio, TX @ AT&T Center
July 25 Grand Prairie, TX @ Nokia Theater
July 27 Duluth, GA @ Gwinnett Center
July 29 Charlotte, NC @ Bojangles Coliseum
July 30 Fairfax, VA @ Patriot Center
Aug. 1 Jersey City, NJ @ Liberty State Park (All Points West Music & Arts Festival)
Aug. 5 Toronto, ON @ Molson Amphitheatre
Aug. 7 Cincinnati, OH @ PNC Pavilion
Aug. 8 Chicago, IL @ Grant Park (Lollapalooza)