Aqua Vie Hydrators to be Available Throughout Northeastern U.S. in Shaw's Supermarkets and Wild Harvest All-Natural Stores.

Business Editors & Food/Beverage Writers

KETCHUM, Idaho--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 24, 2002

Aqua Vie Beverage Corp. (OTCBB:AVBC) announced today that its all-natural, preservative-free Hydrators will soon be available throughout the northeastern United States in Shaw's Supermarkets and Wild Harvest all-natural stores. Availability through these retail outlets marks the beginning of critical-mass distribution in the region.

"The natural foods channel represents a tremendous opportunity for Aqua Vie, and the Northeastern United States is an important market," said Thomas Gillespie, president and chief executive officer. "Shaw's and Wild Harvest are well-established in the New England region and are an important component of the national market presence we intend to achieve during the next several months."

Shaw's Supermarkets, Inc. operates stores throughout Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut and Vermont, serving more than 2 million customers each week. Wild Harvest is a "store-within-a-store" all-natural grocery chain.

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 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 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 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.