Aqua Vie Hydrators . . . Retail Availability in Select Vons and Pavilions Expands Presence in California.

Business Editors

KETCHUM, Idaho--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 25, 2002

Aqua Vie Beverage Corporation (OTCBB:AQVB) announced today that the company's all-natural, lightly flavored spring water Hydrators(TM) will be available in select Vons and Pavilions stores throughout Southern California during the first week of October and in additional Safeway stores throughout northern California during the week of October 8.

Additional retail outlets throughout the state of California will follow.

Expanded product availability in California complements the company's retail presence in the U.S. Northeast, the Pacific Northwest, Illinois, Texas, and the Washington, D.C./Maryland markets. Aqua Vie's preservative-free Hydrators are entering these markets through all-natural channels, including regional grocery chains that feature the "store-within-a store" concept to showcase all-natural, preservative-free products.

"Consumption of bottled water in California continues to set the pace for the rest of the country, and we are pleased with consumers' enthusiasm for Aqua Vie Hydrators(TM) as a healthful water beverage the whole family can enjoy," said Thomas Gillespie, president and chief executive officer.

Vons is the leading grocery retailer in Southern California. Today the Vons operation, which includes Pavilions stores, is now a part of the Safeway family of companies. Vons stretches from San Diego to Fresno, from Clark County, Nevada to the Pacific. With over 300 stores, Vons serve millions of Southern Californians and Nevadans.

Aqua Vie Beverage Corp. develops and markets Hydrators(TM), all-natural, lightly flavored, still (noncarbonated) bottled spring water. The company's low-calorie, flavored fitness waters are bacteria-free and contain no preservatives. Aqua Vie produces and markets the Hydrator(TM) line of flavored spring water throughout the Unites States. This beverage line, comprised of seven low-calorie, all-natural beverages are lightly flavored, packaged in half-liter bottles, and designed to increase adults' and children's 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) (nonalcoholic 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.

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 develops 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.