Business Editors
KETCHUM, Idaho--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 15, 1999--Aqua Vie
Beverage Corporation (OTC BB:AVBC) announced today that it had
reached an agreement with SunRyel Nutritional Network China, whereby
they will represent Aqua Vie's Hydrator(tm) product line in China
beginning in June, 1999.
SunRyel was established in 1989. It has offices in Beijing,
Shanghai, Harbin City (near Shenyang), Australia, and California.
SunRyel, through one of its subsidiaries, Mandarin Fine Foods Inc.,
distributes food and beverage products to all of the four and five
star hotels in China, including Hilton, Holiday Inn, Sheraton,
Marriott, and Regency Hotels. SunRyel also distributes through China
Friendship Group, China National Health Food Corporation, and China
Beverage Distribution Company. Nutritional products that SunRyel also
represents include Rexall Sundown, SYSCO, Napa Valley Wine, Nu-Health
Products Inc., BRA (Italy), Sunflower Inc. (France), and Two Dogs
Beverages (Australia).
In commenting on the announcement, Emma Sun, President of SunRyel
said, "Aqua Vie's Hydrator(tm) product line is a unique line of all
natural beverages that addresses many of China's new and diverse
consumer demands. The products also have a sophistication that lends
itself well to the International Hotel/Tourist consumer, and the new
package designs have an international flair that will promote
immediate entry into many levels of the Chinese market. During the new
awakening of international trade in China, Aqua Vie's Hydrators(tm)
will demonstrate universal appeal."
Tom Gillespie, President, and Founder of Aqua Vie Beverage
Corporation said, "Trade in China is growing at an enormous pace at
this time. This is an opportunity for Aqua Vie to establish
top-of-mind awareness in an enormous market, and an opportunity to lay
a foundation for continuous growth. Distribution in China represents
another phase in Aqua Vie's international distribution plan, and
complements the domestic launch of all Aqua Vie products.
Aqua Vie Beverage Corporation is North America's foremost
developer and marketer of 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, Europe, Israel, Gaza, Jordan, Saudi Arabia to
Egypt, and China. This beverage line is comprised of seven
low-calorie, all-natural beverages that are lightly flavored and
designed to increase one's personal consumption of water, naturally.
The underlying technology also serves as the new delivery system for
Aqua Vie's nutritionally fortified E Line(tm): Elixir(tm),
Empower(tm), and Ecstasy(tm), its nutritionally specific
Aquaceuticals(tm), and Aqua Vie's non-alcoholic wine beverages made
from spring water.
NOTE: Statements contained in this release that are not strictly
historical are forward-looking within the meaning of the safe harbor
clause of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
Editors and investors are cautioned that such 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, but are not limited
to, 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.
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CONTACT: Jordan Richards Associates
Madeleine Franco, 801/268-8610
or
Aqua Vie Beverage Corporation
Tom Gillespie, 208/622-7792
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