"

Fredrick Schulman, a member of the Company's Board of Directors and General
Counsel to the Company who has played a key role in arranging and
negotiating the facility with BACC/Sovereign stated, "I am thrilled that a
financial institution of the caliber of Sovereign Bank has shown the
confidence in our management and our business plan to propose a
relationship with Drinks Americas to play a key role in expanding our
business. The Prestigious Handango Champion Awards Highlight Exceptional Mobile
Applications Created By the Industry's Best Software Developers

HURST, Texas, Today, Handango, the leading
provider of mobile downloads, announced the finalists for the fifth annual
Handango Champion Awards, which recognize outstanding mobile software
developers and their applications. The 2005 Handango Champion Awards
finalists were determined by customer votes on Handango's Web site,
http://www.
Winners will be announced at the annual Handango Partner Summit in Miami,
Florida on June 23, 2005. The Mean
Machine returns to the gridiron in this new take on the 1974 classic.

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(OTC BB: DKAM)
("Drinks Americas" or the "Company") today announced that it has entered
into a letter of intent with Business Alliance Capital Corp.

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Drinks Americas continues to execute its strategy of marketing premium
beverage brands associated with icons.

Old Whiskey River, Y Sake, Aguila Tequila and Cohete Rum are Gold and
Silver Medal award winners respectively from the International Beverage
Tasting Institute and the San Francisco International Wine and Spirits
Competition.

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Handango's application management and provisioning platform,
Handango AMPP, has been chosen as the mobile software delivery platform for
Nokia, Motorola, Verizon Wireless , Sprint, Cingular Wireless, T-Mobile, Orange
SA, Sony Ericsson, palmOne, Microsoft, HP, Sega Mobile , AOL and more than
100 others..newscom.

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handango.

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Other products owned and distributed by Drinks include Damiana, the Mexican
liqueur, Aguila Tequila; Norman's Wines from Australia's oldest winery ,
Drinks' award-winning Cohete Rum Guarana from Panama, 1812 Beer from
Sackets Harbor Brewery, Swiss T and Rheingold Beer.com * Phil Lattimore, What Cellphone
* Ryan Kairer , Palm Infocenter

At the luxurious awards ceremony, Handango will also present "Developer of
the Year" awards to one company for each mobile operating system.

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Handango Announces the 2005 Handango Champion Awards Finalists

Awards will be presented for BlackBerry(TM), Palm
OS(R), Windows Mobile -based Pocket PC and Smartphone as well as Symbian OS(TM)
UIQ and Series 60 applications in the following categories:

* Best Application for Work
* Best Application for Play
* Best Application for Life
* Best New Application
* Best Industry Application

A complete list of finalists is available at:
http://www.com
* Sandra Vogel, Mobility * Carlo Longino, TheFeature
Specialist * Justin Ried, TheFeature
* Michael Sommer, Gadget Guy * Julie Strietelmeier, The-
* David Novak, Gadget Guy Gadgeteer. The
"Developer of the Year" award acknowledges outstanding overall accomplishments
in development, marketing and business practices.
Each recipient of a Handango Champion Award will receive an awards package
including a $5,000 marketing stipend, placement in a special edition of the
Handango Champion Newsletter and a variety of promotional opportunities..

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The winners will be selected by an elite panel of judges that includes:

* Ewan Spence, All About Symbian * Chris Brunskill, MoDaCo
* Chris Leckness, Aximsite * Mark Needham, PC Pro
* Ronny Ko, Bityard Magazine * Jen Edwards, PocketGoddess.com
BlackBerry User Group * Andrew Carton, Treonauts
* Corey McLaughlin, * Bridget Meagher, WhatLaptop
mobileMinds.com .

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("BACC"), a
subsidiary of Sovereign Bank, to provide Drinks Americas with up to $10
million in a revolving, asset-based credit facility in order to fuel growth
and meet the large anticipated production needs of the Company.de * Richard Bloor, SymbianOne. Unlikely teammates, the convicts unite when they find out who they are
playing: the guards.

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Drinks Americas develops, owns, markets, and nationally distributes
alcoholic and non-alcoholic premium beverages that are often associated
with renowned icon celebrities.

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We are already seeing great excitement surrounding the
launch of Trump Super Premium Vodka that we believe will translate into
significant orders and production requirements. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and
uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially, including
the historical volatility and low trading volume of our stock, the risk and
uncertainties inherent in the early stages of growth companies, the
company's need to raise substantial additional capital to proceed with its
business, risks associated with competitors, and other risks detailed from
time to time in the company's most recent filings with the Securities and
Exchange Commission.

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Ruddy
Screenplay by: Sheldon Turner
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for crude + sexual humor, violence,
language + drug references

ALL PRESS MUST BE ACCREDITED TO COVER ARRIVALS

For further information, please call:
TV - Gail Silverman (323) 956-4721
Photo - Riki Leigh Arnold (323) 956-4602
Print/Radio - Soni Ede (323) 956-8975
Int'l - Alex Ritchie, Sony Pictures International (310) 244-2078

(Logo: http://www.

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Drinks
expects to execute definitive loan documentation to close on this credit
facility within the next 30 days, and thereafter begin to utilize the
facility as qualified assets (inventory and receivables) are created.jsp

"It is always a pleasure to honor and reward these extraordinary software
development companies and their exceptional applications," said Randy
Eisenman, president and chief executive officer of Handango.

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Drinks expects to launch Trump Super
Premium Vodka in the spring, as well as expand its marketing of the current
line of products , which include Paul Newman's All Natural Sparkling Fruit
Juice Drinks, Willie Nelson's Old Whiskey River Bourbon, and Rheingold
Beer.

Patrick Kenny, CEO of Drinks Americas, said, "The credit facility from
Sovereign Bank positions Drinks Americas to execute its business plan with
the confidence that we will be able to keep pace and grow with the demand
for our products. "Our customers
hand -selected these finalists as the best-of-the-best from Handango's catalog
of more than 50,000 applications .

Celebrities are defined as famous people having at least one fan site.

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NOTE TO MEDIA: For Interviews , call Judy Katz, The Investor Relations
Group, at 212-825-3210. The company disclaims any intent or obligation to update these
forward-looking statements.

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Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters set
forth in this press release, including the description of the company and
its product offerings, are forward-looking statements within the meaning of
the "safe harbor " provision of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
of 1995. For more information, visit http://corp.

World Premiere of the Movie 'The Longest Yard'

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drinksamericas.com , and Handango partner sites.
Handango will also feature the winners and finalists on Handango properties
and provide additional marketing support to the winners. and more to follow

Celebrity Athlete attendees include:
Warren Moon, Willie McGinest, Eric Dickerson, Jim Mora, Ephriam
Salaam, Tony Gonzalez, Ron Woodson, Lincoln Kenney, Kyle Boller,
Drew Brees , Alex Smith, Bertrand Berry, Maurice Clarett, Will
Demps, Dwaine Carpenter, Tito Ortiz , Willie Gault, Terrell Suggs,
Keith Bullock, Jason Taylor

WHEN: Thursday , May 19, 2005 - 7:30pm - Arrivals begin at 6:30pm

WHERE: GRAUMAN'S CHINESE THEATER
6925 HOLLYWOOD BLVD.

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PRESS RELEASE Drinks Americas Executes Letter of Intent for $10 Million Revolving Credit Facility With Sovereign Bank Subsidiary to Fuel Growth

Drinks Americas Holdings , Ltd.

For further information, please visit our website at
www. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the
date hereof.com
* Laura Nuhaan, International * Judie Hughes, The -Gadgeteer.

About Handango
Handango is the leading provider of mobile downloads bringing over
50,000 applications and 25,000 digital media titles to market through an
extensive global distribution network that reaches millions of mobile
customers.

Directed by: Peter Segal
Produced by: Jack Giarraputo
Executive Produced by: Van Toffler David Gale Barry Bernardi
Adam Sandler Allen Covert Tim Herlihy
Michael Ewing Albert S.

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Drinks' portfolio of premium alcoholic
beverages includes Willie Nelson's Old Whiskey River Bourbon and Bourbon
Cream; Roy Yamaguchi's Y Sake.com /Awards/2005Finalists. WHAT: World Premiere of the movie "The Longest Yard"

WHO: Cast attendees include:
Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, Burt Reynolds, Nelly, James Cromwell ,
William Fichtner, Michael Irvin, Bill Goldberg, Bill Romanowski,
Nick Turturro, Dalip Singh, Brian Bosworth, Michael Papajohn,
Conrad Goode, Brandon Molale , Todd Holland, David Patrick Kelly,
Ed Lauter, Cloris Leachman, Rob Schneider and Courtney Cox
Arquette

Celebrity attendees and special guests include:
Drew Barrymore, Tobey Maguire, Ray Romano, Jessica Simpson, Nick
Lachey , David Spade, Cedric the Entertainer, Kimberly Elise,
David Arquette, Blair Underwood , Holly Robinson-Peete, Kid Rock,
Ryan Cabrera, Henry Winkler, Ving Rhames, Doris Roberts , Damon
Wayans, Kathy Bates, Nick Cannon, Jesse Metcalfe, Mel Harris,
Dom DeLouise, Balthazar Getty, Kevin Nealon, Jon Lovitz, Dennis
Haysbert, Linda Cardellini , Constantine Maroulis, Arlen
Escarpeta, Ondre Moore, Lorenzo Lamas, Cris Judd, Joanna Cassidy,
Bonnie-Jill Laflin, Sara Foster .

This category is for celebrities from the various arts genres whose last name begins with the letter N.

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Drinks non alcoholic brands include the
distribution of Paul Newman's Own Lightly Sparkling Fruit Juice Drinks.handango.

With the help of fellow inmates Nate Scarborough (Burt
Reynolds) and Caretaker (Chris Rock), Crewe promises the cons a chance to
exact revenge in a bone-crushing showdown where anything goes.

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com. These finalists should be proud of their
accomplishment in such a dynamic industry.com
* Phea Duch, Blackberry Cool * Colin Gibbs, RCR Wireless
* William O'Neal, CNET * Mike Temporale, Smartphone Thoughts
* Christiane Hornig, connect.com/cgi-bin/prnh/19991206/PARLOGO)

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It is a major milestone for the
Company that we have this important part of our financial plan and growth
strategy underway., HOLLYWOOD, CA

ABOUT "THE LONGEST YARD"
When former NFL player Paul Crewe (Adam Sandler) is sent to prison, the
warden forces him to transform a diverse group of inmates into a football
team.

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Furthermore, based on last
year's successful launch of Newman's All Natural Sparkling Fruit Juice
Drinks in Metro New York, and with the summer season looming, we see a
major demand for these soft drinks.