New releases expand the company's Red Wine Soup and Whole Grain bread lines.

KENNEWICK, WA - Wine Barrel Gourmet is adding two new soups to its Northwest
Harvest Red Wine line and two new breads to its Whole Grain Harvest line. The new
soup mixes, Red Wine Vegetable Bean and Red Wine Minestrone and the new bread
mixes, Boston Brown Bread and Hopi Blue Cornbread, are being introduced at the 2008
Seattle Gift Show, August 16-19 and can be found at Booth # 4047.

The company's Red Wine products, including the new soups, are all-natural,
vegetarian/vegan, low in fat and salt, and richly flavored with herbs, spices and red wine.
The Red Wine Vegetable Bean Soup and the Red Wine Minestrone can be prepared by
simply adding water and on the table in less than 30 minutes. Other products in the line
include Red Wine Lentil and Barley Soup and Red Wine Pasta Primavera.

The new savory bread mixes are ready to eat in 30 minutes, and each slice is a good
source of whole grains. The breads are also all-natural and each package includes serving
suggestions, cooking variations, and additional recipes. Other products in the line include
Tuscan Tomato Basil Bread and Whole Wheat Rosemary Bread.

Red Wine soups make 6-8 hearty servings with a suggested retail price of $7.95. Whole
Grain breads make one standard loaf, or 16 slices and retail for $5.95.

Wine Barrel Gourmet, a division of Hestia's Hearth LLC, is a family owned specialty
foods provider located in the Columbia Basin. They produce healthy, flavorful,
convenient mixes that celebrate the best of the Northwest; wine, lentils and wheat. Their
products can be found at specialty retail www.WineBarrelGourmet.com.

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