Aqua Vie Expands the Retail Availability of Its All-Natural Hydrators Through Safeway, Dominick's, Tom Thumb and Randalls Stores.

Business Editors

KETCHUM, Idaho----(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 3, 2002

Aqua Vie Beverage Corporation (OTCBB:AQVB) announced that the company's all-natural, lightly flavored spring water Hydrators(TM) are available this week in the all-natural foods departments and "store-within-a-store" sections of select Safeway stores in the greater metropolitan Washington, D.C. and Baltimore areas, Dominick's (Illinois), and Tom Thumb and Randalls stores throughout Texas.

"We expect to achieve a significant regional presence on the shelves of these key retailers, which offer Aqua Vie an excellent opportunity to showcase its Hydrators to consumers of preservative-free-products," said Thomas Gillespie, president and chief executive officer. "As big-budget national advertising campaigns introduce bottled water consumers to other, preservative-laden flavored waters, Aqua Vie is well positioned to establish top-of-mind awareness among those unwilling to settle for something that is not totally natural and preservative-free. These uncompromising consumer attitudes bode well for Aqua Vie Hydrators," said Gillespie. He indicated that the company looks forward to in-store availability in a number of additional strategic markets over the next 60 days.

Aqua Vie Beverage Corp. develops and markets all-natural, lightly flavored, still (noncarbonated) 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 Flavored Spring Waters called "PurePlay"(TM). Other Aqua Vie trademarks include Eau Vin(TM) (non-alcoholic wine and champagnes made from spring water). For further information about Aqua Vie Beverage Corp., visit the company's Web site at www.aquavie.com.

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