Kendall-Jackson Wine Estates Awards Software Contract to WSN

Days after announcing its wine industry technology partnership with Evocative, Inc, WSN has been awarded the ecommerce software contract for the Kendall-Jackson Wine Estates website.

San Francisco, CA, August 14, 2001 – Kendall-Jackson Wine Estates, Ltd, announced today that it has awarded its e-commerce software contract to WSN, LLC, a San Francisco-based marketing and technology company focused on the wine industry. The Kendall-Jackson contract came just one week after WSN announced its new wine-industry e-commerce development partnership with Evocative, Inc, a leading software company also based in the San Francisco Bay Area.

One of the most honored wineries in the United States, Kendall-Jackson Wine Estates, Ltd also has a significant online presence (www.kj.com). We considered several different companies to power our online store," says Susan Sueiro, Director of Internet Development. It was WSNs specific wine industry expertise that made the difference for us. We need a technology partner that not only provides web-based applications and powerful e-commerce solutions, but one which understands the complexities and exceptions that abound in the wine industry. By bringing both of these critical pieces, WSN became the clear choice for us."

Neal Barnett, WSNs CIO, added, Kendall-Jackson will provide an ideal environment for us to leverage our combined strengths," referring to WSNs partnership with Evocative. With efficient, low-cost web applications and our powerful compliance engine, we're looking forward to bringing better e-commerce solutions to the wine industry."

About Kendall-Jackson Wine Estates, Ltd.
Kendall-Jackson Wine Estates produces a broad portfolio of premium wines focused on hillside and coastal growing regions in California, South America, Australia and Italy. Along with Kendall-Jackson, which features Collage®, Vintner's Reserve®, Grand Reserve, Great Estates and Stature wines, KJWE offers Camelot and Pepi with California appellations, Sonoma County's La Crema Winery, Yangarra Park from Australia, Villa Arceno from Tuscany, Italy and South American wineries Calina, from Chile and Tapiz from Argentina.

For more information visit the web at www.KJ.com.

About WSN, LLC
Now in its third year of operations, WSN is an integrated technology and marketing company focused on fulfillment and infrastructure solutions for wineries. WSN has strategic relationships with major marketing companies in the US such as American Express, eLuxury, and Napa Style, as well as fulfillment partners in several overseas markets. WSN is a member of WorldShipNet (www.worldshipnet.com), an alliance of companies that enables wineries to expand their tasting room and wine club sales to customers in most US states and key international markets. WSN also owns and operates 800wine.com, an international wine gift website with retail members in over 30 countries.