Aqua Vie Beverage Corporation Announces the Appointment of International Product Marketing Group, as Manufacturer's Representative.

KETCHUM, Idaho--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 14, 1998--Aqua Vie Beverage Corporation (OTC:AVBC) announced today that it had reached an agreement with International Product Marketing Group, whereby they will represent all Aqua Vie products in the states of Arizona and Utah, as well as with certain international accounts.

The International Product Marketing Group is a subsidiary of Capital Acquisition Corporation (CAC, LLC), which is a Merchant/ Investment Bank which lends money to companies for acquisitions and corporate growth. They have been in business since 1991.

David McIntosh is the president and founder of CAC, LLC. McIntosh holds a degree in finance from Arizona State University, and a masters degree in international business from The American Graduate School of International Business, "Thunderbird," the No. 1 international graduate school in the U.S. McIntosh has lived and worked in four other countries.

In commenting on the announcement, Tom Gillespie, founder of Aqua Vie, said, "We're very pleased to have the International Product Marketing Group representing Aqua Vie in the areas described. Their very sophisticated approach to product placement, as well as their ability to assist Aqua Vie the area of acquisitions creates a very synergistic relationship for swift mutual reward."

David McIntosh, president and founder of CAC, LLC, and The International Product Marketing Group, said, "We see Aqua Vie as one of the only pure plays in spring water today and, as an ideal vehicle for several potential acquisitions within the category that they are creating. We are very eager to begin working closely with them."

Aqua Vie produces the long-awaited Hydrator(tm) all natural product line of seven flavored non-carbonated spring waters, that were designed to increase one's personal consumption of spring water, naturally. The underlying technology also serves as the new delivery system for Aqua Vie's "nutritionally fortified" E Line(tm): Elixir(tm), Empower(tm), and Ecstasy(tm), its nutritionally specific Aquaceuticals(tm), and Aqua Vie's Non-Alcoholic Wine Beverages made from spring water. All four product lines are expected to be introduced at InterBev, the largest beverage trade show in the U.S., being held in Dallas Oct. 26-28, 1998.

For further information on Aqua Vie Beverage Corporation, visit our web site at: http://www.aquavie.com

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