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SAN FRANCISCO -- Top-of-the-line Selection of Wine, Wine Clubs, Wine Collections and Gift Baskets Are Now Available Through Corporate and Consumer Catalogs and at Wine.com Site

Wine.com, the leading online retail provider of premium wines, lifestyle wine clubs and gourmet gift products, today announced the availability of its new gift product line through its 2004 holiday catalogs including: the Wine.com wine catalog, the Wine.com corporate gift catalog, and the AKA Gourmet gift basket catalog. The launch of this new merchandise through Wine.com's three catalogs gives consumers simple access to great new gift giving ideas with the same doorstep delivery convenience that Wine.com online customers currently enjoy.

For the holidays, Wine.com is offering customers expanded access to a brand new assortment of unique wine collections, monthly wine gift subscriptions and gourmet gift baskets allowing them to choose novel and elegant gift ideas for everyone on their list including colleagues, friends and family. In an effort to make gift giving easier and more convenient for customers, these innovative gift ideas are now available at the Wine.com Web site, in the holiday catalogs, and the Wine.com online interactive catalogs.

"The launch of our new wine and gift collections available in this year's holiday catalogs bring us one step closer to our goals of enhancing our multi-channel business approach, as well as providing our customers with more access to the gift selections, savings and convenience that Wine.com continues to offer season after season," said George Garrick, president and chief executive officer of Wine.com.

Some of the specially priced and packaged goods available on Wine.com and through the catalogs this holiday season include:

--New! The "Monthly Wine Gift Subscription" Classic or Deluxe ($99.95-$599.95) Wine gift subscriptions can be purchased in three, six, or 12-month increments, and your recipients will enjoy 2 bottles of premium, hand-picked wine a month and an array of gifts for the term purchased. In addition, these gift subscriptions include detailed tasting notes for every wine featured, food pairing ideas and delicious recipes. For the food and wine lover, this is the ultimate gift that keep on pouring... month after month.

--New! The "Spanish Tapas Pairing Collection" Wine Collection ($49.99) -- This collection includes two bottles of red wine and a Fino sherry -- all three pair perfectly with the accompanying cookbook, Tapas Bar: Casual Cooking at Home. The cookbook contains 78 traditional, simple and stunning small plate recipes from Spain that will help any novice entertain in true Spanish style.

--New! The "California Coastal Express" Wine Collection ($99.99): These fragrant, fruit-filled and fun wines explore some of the favorites from the up and coming wine region, allowing collectors to experience the best that the California coast has to offer. A great wine rack is included in this pack, which can hold eight bottles of wine.

--New! "Aussie Walkabout" Wine Collection ($74.99): These four wines are a gathering of Australia's best wines in one collection: Rosemount Show Reserve Chardonnay, Penfolds Bin 26 Shiraz, Wynns Cabernet Sauvignon and Lindemans Reserve Merlot. To add to the experience, wine charms, a waiter's corkscrew and a regional booklet of Australian wine is also included.

--New! "A Perfect Pairing of Wine and Cheese" Wine Gift Basket ($69.00): This harvest gift box presents Mirassou's Central Coast Merlot and Chardonnay along with sun dried tomato cheese spread, beef salami, water crackers, Spanish olives, Napa Valley mustard, spicy cocktail almonds and a box of delectable amaretto almond cookies.

--New! The "Tempting Treats" Wine Gift Basket ($49.00): This beautifully adorned gift box delivers a berry-filled Merlot from California plus enticing treats including Chardonnay cheese spread, Carr's water crackers, Ghiradelli chocolate and De Bas chocolate biscotti.

These products and other gift ideas are available through the new Wine.com and AKA Gourmet holiday catalogs, the Wine.com Web site at: http://www.wine.com/ and can be ordered by phone at: 800-592-5870.

About Wine.com

Founded in 1997, Wine.com is the market's leading online wine retailer. Offering over 10,000 unique wines to 27 different U.S. states and Japan, Wine.com offers the largest selection of premium wines, lifestyle wine clubs and gourmet gift products. Always a great choice, Wine.com brings the best of the wine world to enthusiasts throughout the nation with convenient door-to-door delivery for individuals and corporations. For more information, Wine.com can be reached at 800-592-5870 or on the Internet at http://www.wine.com/.