(EMAILWIRE.COM, September 23, 2001 ) -- The September 28-29 sale of the wines formerly available through now defunct Wine.com, Inc. has no relation to the new wine.com by eVineyard. "Although we purchased the wine.com domain name and related trademarks, eVineyard, Inc. has no ownership or financial interest in the Lionstone wine inventory or any other tangible assets of Wine.com, Inc. now being disposed of by Realm Connect and its AuctioNet division," said Larry Gerhard, CEO of eVineyard, Inc.

"All wines purchased on the wine.com by eVineyard website are shipped in packages bearing the wine.com by eVineyard logo," said Brett E. Lauter, vice president and chief marketing officer of eVineyard, Inc. "The 'by eVineyard' is an important distinction, because this differentiates our wines from those purchased from the former Wine.com, Inc. auction and website," he said.

In April of this year, eVineyard, Inc. acquired certain assets of leading rival Wine.com, Inc., including the wine.com and Wineshopper.com URLs, and all of the goodwill and other intangible assets of Wine.com, Inc. eVineyard, Inc., with its re-launched website, wine.com by eVineyard, has become the only significant national wine retailer doing business exclusively via the Internet. With its eleven current logistic centers, eVineyard sells premium wines to each of the country's top 10 wine markets, reaching over 75% of the United States market for off-premise premium wine sales.

About eVineyard

The premier online national wine retailer in the United States, wine.com by eVineyard (www.wine.com and www.evineyard.com) serves 50 states-legally serving wine buyers in 27 states and Japan and selling gifts and accessories in 23 more. wine.com by eVineyard offers a selection of over 5,000 domestic and imported premium wines and has exceptional features such as online education, promotions and loyalty programs, sweepstakes events and wine clubs.

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Jean Jacoté or Paige Poulos
Paige Poulos Communications
510/528-0665 or 800/497-3376
email: wine.com@ppcwinecom.com

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