Delicato Names Young's Market as New Distributor in California.

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NAPA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 3, 2003

Delicato Family Vineyards has named Young's Market as its new distributor for California, effective July 1, 2003. The agreement will include all Delicato, Monterra, Encore, Delicato Monterey Vine Select, and Clay Station wines.

"Young's Market represents the future of Delicato," said Eric Morham, Delicato President and CEO. "This move will give our award winning wines a strong ability to aggressively grow distribution and execute programming in a highly competitive market place. Young's Market has the infrastructure, technology, professionalism and size that make it a perfect fit for Delicato."

"The Delicato Family of brands and sales team will be an excellent compliment to Young's Market Company. We look forward to developing another successful relationship, "said Jeffrey V. Underwood, President Young's Market.

Delicato winery is based in Napa, Manteca, and Monterey, California and consistently wins top awards and medals in both domestic and international competitions. The winery recently won the prestigious "Wine Producer of the Year" trophy at the International Wine and Spirit Competition for the second year in a row. Delicato Family Vineyards Shiraz won "Best Shiraz of California" at the California State Fair Wine Competition in both 2001 and 2002, and the Clay Station Viognier won the "Best Viognier of California" at the same competition in 2002.