Aqua Vie Expands Distribution Into the Pacific Northwest.

Business Editors, Retail Writers

KETCHUM, Idaho--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 9, 2002

Aqua Vie Beverage Corporation (OTCBB:AQVB) announced today that Aqua Vie's Hydrators are now being distributed in the states of Washington and Oregon, where product is expected to be available in select Safeway and other natural product retailers over the next two weeks.

This follows announcements of Aqua Vie's availability in Illinois, Texas, and the Washington DC/Maryland markets this month, as the company broadens its distribution through the all-natural market and thereby gains a foothold in a preservative-free industry that has shown to be highly enthusiastic toward the Hydrator line of spring water beverages.

"With sales and distribution now underway in key regions of the U.S., we are moving to accelerate our marketing and advertising initiatives," said Thomas Gillespie, president and chief executive officer.

Aqua Vie Beverage Corporation develops and markets all-natural, lightly flavored, still (non-carbonated) bottled spring water. The company's low-calorie alternative beverages are bacteria-free and contain no preservatives. Aqua Vie produces and markets the Hydrator(TM) line of beverages in the United States and Europe. This beverage line, comprised of seven low-calorie, all-natural beverages that are lightly flavored and packaged in half-liter bottles, is designed to increase one's personal consumption of water, naturally. The underlying technology also serves as the delivery system for Aqua Vie's new line of children's Hydrators(TM), PurePlay(TM), and Eau Vin(TM), Aqua Vie's line of nonalcoholic wine and champagnes made from spring water. For further information about Aqua Vie Beverage Corporation, visit the company's web site at www.aquavie.com.

NOTE: Statements contained in this news release not strictly historical are forward-looking within the meaning of the safe harbor clause of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The company makes these statements based on information available to it as of the date of this news release and assumes no responsibility to update or revise such forward-looking statements. Editors and investors are cautioned that forward-looking statements invoke risk and uncertainties that may cause the company's actual results to differ materially from such forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, without limitation, demand for the company's product both domestically and abroad, the company's ability to continue to develop its market, general economic conditions, and other factors that may be more fully described in the company's literature and periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.