Document:

Exhibit 10.9

DIRECTOR
INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT

This
DIRECTOR INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”), made and entered
into this            day of
July, 2007, is by and between Nascent Wine Company, Inc., a Nevada corporation
(the “Company,” which term shall include, where appropriate, any Entity
(as hereinafter defined) controlled directly or indirectly by the Company), and
              
(the “Indemnitee”).

WHEREAS,
it is essential to the Company that it be able to retain and attract the most
capable persons available to serve on the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”);

WHEREAS,
increased corporate litigation has subjected directors to litigation risks and
expenses, and the limitations on the availability of directors and officers
liability insurance have made it increasingly difficult for the Company to
attract and retain such persons;

WHEREAS,
the Company desires to provide Indemnitee with specific contractual assurance
of Indemnitee’s rights to full indemnification against litigation risks and
expenses; and

WHEREAS,
Indemnitee is relying upon the rights afforded under this Agreement in serving
as a Director (as defined below):

NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the promises and the covenants contained herein,
the Company and Indemnitee do hereby covenant and agree as follows:

1.             Definitions.

(a)           “Corporate
Status” describes the status of a person who is serving or has served
(i) as a Director, including as a member of any committee of the Board,
(ii) in any capacity with respect to any employee benefit plan of the
Company, or (iii) as a director, partner, trustee, officer, employee or
agent of any other Entity at the request of the Company.  For purposes of subsection (iii) of this
Section 1(a), an officer or director of the Company who is serving or has
served as a director, partner, trustee, officer, employee or agent of a
Subsidiary (as defined below) shall be deemed to be serving at the request of
the Company.

(b)           “Director”
shall mean a member of the Board.

(c)           “Entity”
shall mean any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint
venture, trust, foundation, association, organization or other legal entity.

(d)           “Expenses”
shall mean all fees, costs and expenses incurred in connection with any
Proceeding (as defined below), including, without limitation, reasonable
attorneys’ fees, disbursements and retainers (including, without limitation,
any such fees, disbursements and retainers incurred by Indemnitee pursuant to
Sections 8 and 10(c) of this Agreement), fees and disbursements of expert
witnesses, private investigators and professional advisors (including, without
limitation, accountants and investment bankers), court costs, transcript costs,
fees of experts, travel expenses, duplicating, printing and binding costs,
telephone and fax transmission charges, postage, delivery services, secretarial
services and other disbursements and expenses.

(e)           “Liabilities”
shall mean judgments, damages, liabilities, losses, penalties, excise taxes,
fines and amounts paid in settlement.

   
 

 

(f)            “Proceeding”
shall mean any threatened, pending or completed claim, action, suit,
arbitration, alternate dispute resolution process, investigation,
administrative hearing, appeal, or any other proceeding, whether civil,
criminal, administrative, arbitrative or investigative, whether formal or
informal, including a proceeding initiated by Indemnitee pursuant to
Section 10 of this Agreement to enforce Indemnitee’s rights hereunder.

(g)           “Subsidiary”
shall mean any Entity of which the Company owns (either directly or through or
together with another Subsidiary of the Company) either (i) a general partner,
managing member or other similar interest or (ii) (A) 50% or more of the voting
power of the voting capital equity interests of such Entity, or (B) 50% or more
of the outstanding voting capital stock or other voting equity interests of
such Entity.

2.             Services
of Indemnitee.  In
consideration of the Company’s covenants and commitments hereunder, Indemnitee
agrees to serve or continue to serve as a Director.  However, this Agreement shall not impose any
obligation on Indemnitee or the Company to continue Indemnitee’s service to the
Company beyond any period otherwise required by law or by other agreements or
commitments of the parties, if any.

3.             Agreement
to Indemnify.  The
Company agrees to indemnify Indemnitee as follows:

(a)           Subject to the exceptions contained
in Section 4(a) below, if Indemnitee was or is a party or is threatened to be
made a party to any Proceeding (other than an action by or in the right of the Company)
by reason of Indemnitee’s Corporate Status, Indemnitee shall be indemnified by
the Company against all Expenses and Liabilities incurred or paid by Indemnitee
in connection with such Proceeding (referred to herein as “Indemnifiable
Expenses” and “Indemnifiable Liabilities”, respectively, and
collectively as “Indemnifiable Amounts”).

(b)           To the extent permitted by applicable
law and subject to the exceptions contained in Section 4(b) below, if
Indemnitee was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any
Proceeding by or in the right of the Company to procure a judgment in its favor
by reason of Indemnitee’s Corporate Status, Indemnitee shall be indemnified by
the Company against all Indemnifiable Expenses.

4.             Exceptions
to Indemnification. 
Indemnitee shall be entitled to indemnification under Sections 3(a)
and 3(b) above in all circumstances other than the following:

(a)           If indemnification is requested under
Section 3(a) and it has been judged in a final non-appealable decision by
a court of competent jurisdiction that, in connection with the subject of the
Proceeding out of which the claim for indemnification has arisen, Indemnitee
acted with gross negligence or willful conduct and, with respect to any
criminal action or proceeding, Indemnitee had reasonable cause to believe that
Indemnitee’s conduct was unlawful, Indemnitee shall not be entitled to payment
of Indemnifiable Amounts hereunder.

(b)           If indemnification is requested under
Section 3(b) and

(i)            it has been judged in a final non-appealable
decision by a court of competent jurisdiction that, in connection with the
subject of the Proceeding out of which the claim for indemnification has
arisen, Indemnitee acted with gross negligence or willful conduct; or

(ii)           it has been judged in a final
non-appealable decision by a court of competent jurisdiction that Indemnitee is
liable to the Company with respect to any claim, issue or matter involved in
the Proceeding out of which the claim for indemnification has arisen, no
Indemnifiable

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Expenses shall be
paid with respect to such claim, issue or matter unless the court of law or
another court in which such Proceeding was brought shall determine upon
application that, despite the adjudication of liability, but in view of all the
circumstances of the case, Indemnitee is fairly and reasonably entitled to
indemnity for such Indemnifiable Expenses which such court shall deem proper.

5.             Procedure
for Payment of Indemnifiable Amounts.  Indemnitee shall submit to the Company a
written request specifying the Indemnifiable Amounts for which Indemnitee seeks
payment under Section 3 of this Agreement and the basis for the
claim.  The Company shall pay such
Indemnifiable Amounts to Indemnitee within ten (10) calendar days of receipt of
the request.  At the request of the
Company, Indemnitee shall furnish such documentation and information as are
reasonably available to Indemnitee and necessary to establish that Indemnitee
is entitled to indemnification hereunder.

6.             Indemnification
for Expenses of a Party Who is Wholly or Partly Successful.  Notwithstanding any other
provision of this Agreement, and without limiting any such provision, to the
extent that Indemnitee is, by reason of Indemnitee’s Corporate Status, a party
to and is successful, on the merits or otherwise, in any Proceeding, Indemnitee
shall be indemnified against all Expenses reasonably incurred by Indemnitee or
on Indemnitee’s behalf in connection therewith. 
If Indemnitee is not wholly successful in such Proceeding but is
successful, on the merits or otherwise, as to one or more but less than all
claims, issues or matters in such Proceeding, the Company shall indemnify
Indemnitee against all Expenses reasonably incurred by Indemnitee or on
Indemnitee’s behalf in connection with each successfully resolved claim, issue
or matter.  For purposes of this
Agreement, the termination of any claim, issue or matter in such a Proceeding
by dismissal, with or without prejudice, shall be deemed to be a successful
result as to such claim, issue or matter.

7.             Effect
of Certain Resolutions. 
Neither the settlement nor termination of any Proceeding nor the failure
of the Company to award indemnification or to determine that indemnification is
payable shall create an adverse presumption that Indemnitee is not entitled to
indemnification hereunder.  In addition,
the termination of any Proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction,
or upon a plea of nolo  contendere or its equivalent shall not
create a presumption that Indemnitee acted with gross negligence or wilful
misconduct or, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had
reasonable cause to believe that Indemnitee’s action was unlawful.

8.             Agreement
to Advance Expenses; Conditions.  The Company shall pay to Indemnitee all
Indemnifiable Expenses incurred by Indemnitee in connection with any
Proceeding, including a Proceeding by or in the right of the Company, in
advance of the final disposition of such Proceeding, as the same are
incurred.  To the extent required by
Nevada law, Indemnitee hereby undertakes to repay the amount of Indemnifiable
Expenses paid to Indemnitee if it is determined in a final non-appealable
judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction that Indemnitee is not entitled
under this Agreement to indemnification with respect to such Expenses.  This undertaking is an unlimited general
obligation of Indemnitee.

9.             Procedure
for Advance Payment of Expenses.  Indemnitee shall submit to the Company a
written request specifying the Indemnifiable Expenses for which Indemnitee
seeks an advancement under Section 8 of this Agreement, together with
documentation evidencing that Indemnitee has incurred such Indemnifiable
Expenses.  Payment of Indemnifiable
Expenses under Section 8 shall be made no later than ten (10) calendar days
after the Company’s receipt of such request.

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10.          Remedies of Indemnitee.

(a)           Right to Petition Court.  In the event that Indemnitee makes a request
for payment of Indemnifiable Amounts under Sections 3 and 5 above or a
request for an advancement of Indemnifiable Expenses under Sections 8 and
9 above and the Company fails to make such payment or advancement in a timely
manner pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, Indemnitee may petition a court
of law to enforce the Company’s obligations under this Agreement.

(b)           Burden of Proof.  In any judicial proceeding brought under
Section 10(a) above, the Company shall have the burden of proving that
Indemnitee is not entitled to payment of Indemnifiable Amounts hereunder.

(c)           Expenses.  The Company agrees to reimburse Indemnitee in
full for any Expenses incurred by Indemnitee in connection with investigating,
preparing for, litigating, defending or settling any action brought by
Indemnitee under Section 10(a) above, or in connection with any claim or
counterclaim brought by the Company in connection therewith.

(d)           Validity of Agreement.  The Company shall be precluded from asserting
in any Proceeding, including, without limitation, an action under Section 10(a)
above, that the provisions of this Agreement are not valid, binding and
enforceable or that there is insufficient consideration for this Agreement and
shall stipulate in court that the Company is bound by all the provisions of
this Agreement.

(e)           Failure to Act Not a Defense.  The failure of the Company (including its
Board or any committee thereof, independent legal counsel or stockholders) to
make a determination concerning the permissibility of the payment of
Indemnifiable Amounts or the advancement of Indemnifiable Expenses under this
Agreement shall not be a defense in any action brought under Section 10(a)
above, and shall not create a presumption that such payment or advancement is
not permissible.

11.          Representations
and Warranties of the Company.  The Company hereby represents and warrants to
Indemnitee as follows:

(a)           Authority.  The Company has all necessary power and
authority to enter into, and be bound by the terms of, this Agreement, and the
execution, delivery and performance of the undertakings contemplated by this
Agreement have been duly authorized by the Company.

(b)           Enforceability.  This Agreement, when executed and delivered
by the Company in accordance with the provisions hereof, shall be a legal,
valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in
accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization or similar laws
affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally.

12.          Insurance.  The Company shall, as promptly as practicable
following the date hereof, obtain and maintain directors and officers’
liability insurance coverage on terms satisfactory to the Indemnitee of at
least $1,000,000 per occurrence, covering, among other things, violations of
federal or state securities laws.  The
Company shall use its reasonable best efforts prior to any initial public
offering of the Company’s capital stock to increase its directors’ and officers’
liability insurance to at least $5,000,000 per occurrence including coverage of
claims under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to
maintain such coverage in effect thereafter. 
In all policies of director and officer liability insurance, Indemnitee
shall be named as an insured in such a manner as to provide Indemnitee the same
rights and benefits as are accorded to the most favorably insured of the
Company’s officers and directors.

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13.          Fees
and Expenses.  During
the term of the Indemnitee’s service as a Director, the Company shall promptly
reimburse the Indemnitee for all expenses incurred by Indemnitee in connection
with his service as a Director or member of any committee of the Board or
otherwise in connection with the Company’s business and shall pay or provide
the Indemnitee with fees and other compensation, including stock options or
awards, in amounts and value which are at least equal to those provided to any
of the Company’s other non-employee members of the Board from time to time.

14.          Contract
Rights Not Exclusive. 
The rights to payment of Indemnifiable Amounts and advancement of
Indemnifiable Expenses provided by this Agreement shall be in addition to, but
not exclusive of, any other rights which Indemnitee may have at any time under
applicable law, the Company’s by-laws or certificate of incorporation, or
any other agreement, vote of stockholders or the Board (or any committee
thereof), or otherwise, both as to action in Indemnitee’s official capacity or
Indemnitee’s Corporate Status and as to action in any other capacity as a
result of Indemnitee’s serving as a Director.

15.          Successors.  This Agreement shall be (a) binding upon all
successors and assigns of the Company (including any transferee of all or a
substantial portion of the business, stock and/or assets of the Company and any
direct or indirect successor by merger or consolidation or otherwise by
operation of law) and (b) binding on and shall inure to the benefit of the
heirs, personal representatives, executors and administrators of Indemnitee.  This Agreement shall continue for the benefit
of Indemnitee and such heirs, personal representatives, executors and
administrators after Indemnitee has ceased to have Corporate Status.

16.          Subrogation.  In the event of any payment of Indemnifiable
Amounts under this Agreement, the Company shall be subrogated to the extent of
such payment to all of the rights of contribution or recovery of Indemnitee
against other persons, and Indemnitee shall take, at the request of the
Company, all reasonable action necessary to secure such rights, including the
execution of such documents as are necessary to enable the Company to bring
suit to enforce such rights.

17.          Change
in Law.  To the extent
that a change in Nevada law (whether by statute or judicial decision) shall
permit broader indemnification or advancement of expenses than is provided
under the terms of the by-laws of the Company and this Agreement,
Indemnitee shall be entitled to such broader indemnification and advancements,
and this Agreement shall be deemed to be amended to such extent.

18.          Severability.  Whenever possible, each provision of this
Agreement shall be interpreted in such a manner as to be effective and valid
under applicable law, but if any provision of this Agreement, or any clause
thereof, shall be determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be
illegal, invalid or unenforceable, in whole or in part, such provision or
clause shall be limited or modified in its application to the minimum extent
necessary to make such provision or clause valid, legal and enforceable, and
the remaining provisions and clauses of this Agreement shall remain fully
enforceable and binding on the parties.

19.          Indemnitee
as Plaintiff.  Except
as provided in Section 10(c) of this Agreement and in the next sentence,
Indemnitee shall not be entitled to payment of Indemnifiable Amounts or
advancement of Indemnifiable Expenses with respect to any Proceeding brought by
Indemnitee against the Company, any Entity which it controls, any director or
officer thereof, or any third party, unless such Company has consented to the
initiation of such Proceeding.  This
Section shall not apply to counterclaims or affirmative defenses asserted by
Indemnitee in an action brought against Indemnitee.

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20.          Modifications
and Waiver.  Except as
provided in Section 17 above with respect to changes in Nevada law which
broaden the right of Indemnitee to be indemnified by the Company, no
supplement, modification or amendment of this Agreement shall be binding unless
executed in writing by each of the parties hereto.  No waiver of any of the provisions of this
Agreement shall be deemed or shall constitute a waiver of any other provisions
of this Agreement (whether or not similar), nor shall such waiver constitute a
continuing waiver.

21.          General
Notices.  All notices,
requests, demands and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and
shall be deemed to have been duly given (a) when delivered by hand, (b) when
transmitted by facsimile and receipt is acknowledged, or (c) if mailed by certified
or registered mail with postage prepaid, on the third business day after the
date on which it is so mailed:

(a)           If to Indemnitee, to the address
indicated on the signature page hereto;

(b)           If to the Company, to:

Nascent
Wine Company, Inc.

2355
Paseo de las Americas

San
Diego, California 92154

Attention:
Sandro Piancone

Tel.
No.: (619) 661-0458

Fax No.:  (619) 661-9735

or to such other address as may have been furnished in
the same manner by any party to the others.

22.          Governing
Law.  This Agreement shall
be governed by and construed and enforced under the laws of the State of Nevada
without giving effect to the provisions thereof relating to conflicts of law.

23.          Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in one or more
counterparts, all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement and
shall become effective when one or more counterparts have been signed by each
of the parties and delivered to the other party, it being understood that all
parties need not sign the same counterpart. 
This Agreement, to the extent signed and delivered by means of a
facsimile machine or electronic mail in .pdf file format, will be treated in
all manner and respects as an original agreement and will be considered to have
the same binding legal effect as if it were the original signed version thereof
delivered in person.

24.          Entire
Agreement.  This Agreement represents the entire
understanding and agreement, and supersedes all prior understandings and
agreements (written or oral) between the parties hereto with respect to the
subject matter hereof.

[SIGNATURE
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the day
and year first above written.

	
  

  	
  NASCENT WINE COMPANY, INC.

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
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  INDEMNITEE

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
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  c/o York Capital Management

  
	
   

  	
  767 Fifth Avenue, 17th Floor

  
	
   

  	
  New York, New York 10153

  
	
   

  	
  Attention: Mitch Wolf

  
	
   

  	
  Tel No. (212) 300-1300

  
	
   

  	
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CONFIDENTIALITY,
NON-COMPETITION AND

NON-SOLICITATION
AGREEMENT

THIS CONFIDENTIALITY,
NON-COMPETITION AND NON-SOLICITATION AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”), is made and
entered into as of                    ,
2007, between Nascent Wine Company, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”),
and                                    
(“Executive”).

WHEREAS, Executive is
employed by the Company; and

WHEREAS, as a result of
his employment with, management of and interest in the Company, the Executive
has occupied a position of trust and confidence and has access to confidential
information.

WHEREAS, the Company has
entered into the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock and Warrant Purchase
Agreement dated as of the date hereof (the “Purchase Agreement”) by and among
the Company and the purchasers named therein (the “Purchasers”).

WHEREAS, as a condition
to the consummation of, and in partial consideration for, the transactions
contemplated by the Purchase Agreement, the Company and the Executive have
agreed to enter into this Agreement

NOW, THEREFORE, IN
CONSIDERATION of the mutual covenants and agreements hereinafter set forth, the
Company and Executive agree as follows:

1.             Noncompetition; Nonsolicitation;
Nondisclosure of Proprietary Information; Surrender of Records; Inventions and
Patents.

(a)           No
Competition.  Executive recognizes
the highly competitive nature of the Company’s business and that Executive’s
position with the Company and access to and use of the Company’s confidential
records and proprietary information renders Executive special and unique.  During the period of Executive’s employment
with the Company and for five (5) years following the termination of Executive’s
employment with the Company for cause and three (3) years following the
termination of Executive’s employment for the Company without cause, Executive
shall not, directly or indirectly, own, manage, operate, join, control,
participate in, invest in or otherwise be connected or associated with, in any
manner, including as an officer, director, employee, independent contractor,
stockholder, member, partner, consultant, advisor, agent, proprietor, trustee
or investor, any Competing Business located in the geographic territories
served by the Company and its subsidiaries; provided, however,
that the Executive may own an amount less than one percent (1%) of a Competing
Business so long as the Executive provides ten (10) days prior written notice
to the Purchasers.

For
purposes of this Agreement, the term “Competing Business” shall mean (A) any
business or venture engaged or involved (in whole or in part) in wine, food
product and/or beer distribution and the distribution of food-related items
such as napkins, plates and cups, or in any other business which the Company or
any of its affiliates may engage in from time to time during the period of
Executive’s employment with the Company, and (B) any business in which
Executive  was engaged or involved, in
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Company or an
affiliate of the Company or with respect to which Executive has obtained
proprietary information (as defined below).

(b)           No
Solicitation of Employment.  During
the period of Executive’s employment with the Company, and for a period of five
(5) years after the termination of Executive’s employment with the Company for
any reason, Executive shall not solicit or encourage any other employee to
leave the Company for any reason, nor assist any business in doing so, nor hire
in any business any individual who was an employee of the Company within six
(6) months of such hire.

(c)           Company
Customers.  Executive shall not,
during the period of Executive’s employment with the Company and for a period
of five (5) years after the termination of Executive’s employment with the
Company for any reason, directly or indirectly, on behalf of a Competing
Business, contact, solicit or do business with any “customers” (as defined
below) of the Company.  For the purposes
of the provisions of this Paragraph 1(d), the term “customer” shall include any
entity that, within two (2) years prior to the termination of Executive’s
employment, utilized the services of the Company.  The term “customer” also includes any former
customer or potential customer of the Company which the Company has solicited
within two (2) years prior to the termination of Executive’s employment for the
purpose of selling any services then sold by the Company or proposed to be sold
by the Company.

(d)           Proprietary
Information.  Executive acknowledges
that during the course of his employment with the Company he will necessarily
have access to and make use of proprietary information and confidential records
of the Company.  Executive covenants that
he shall not during the period of Executive’s employment with the Company,  or at any time thereafter, directly or indirectly,
use for his own purpose or for the benefit of any person or entity other than
the Company, nor otherwise disclose, any proprietary information to any
individual or entity, unless such disclosure has been authorized in writing by
the Company or is otherwise required by law. 
Executive acknowledges and understands that the term “proprietary
information” includes, but is not limited to: 
(a) the software products, programs, applications, and processes
utilized by the Company; (b) any information concerning the transactions
or relations of any customer or vendor of the Company with the Company or any
of its or their partners, principals, directors, officers or agents; (c) any
information concerning any product, technology, or procedure employed by the Company
but not generally known to its or their customers, vendors or competitors, or
under development by or being tested by the Company but not at the time offered
generally to customers or vendors; (d) any information relating to the computer
software, computer systems, pricing or marketing methods, sales margins, cost
of goods, cost of material, capital structure, operating results, borrowing
arrangements or business plans of the Company; (e) any information which is
generally regarded as confidential or proprietary in any line of business
engaged in by the Company; (f) any business plans, budgets, advertising or
marketing plans; (g) any information contained in any of the written or oral
policies and procedures or manuals of the Company; (h) any information
belonging to customers or vendors of the Company or any other person or entity
which the Company has agreed to hold in confidence; (i) any inventions,
innovations or improvements covered by this Agreement; and (j) all
written, graphic and other material relating to any of the foregoing.  Executive acknowledges and understands that
information that is not novel or copyrighted or patented may nonetheless be
proprietary information.  The term “proprietary
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information generally available to and known by the public or
information that is or becomes available to Executive on a non-confidential
basis from a source other than the Company or the directors, officers,
employees, partners, principals or agents of the Company (other than as a
result of a breach of any obligation of confidentiality).

(e)           Confidentiality
and Surrender of Records.  Executive
shall not during the period of Executive’s employment with the Company, or at
any time thereafter (irrespective of the circumstances under which Executive’s
employment by the Company terminates), except as required by law, directly or
indirectly publish, make known or in any fashion disclose any confidential
records to, or permit any inspection or copying of confidential records by, any
individual or entity other than in the course of such individual’s or entity’s
employment or retention by the Company. 
Upon termination of employment for any reason or upon request by the
Company, Executive shall deliver promptly to the Company all property and
records of the Company, including, without limitation, all confidential
records.  For purposes hereof, “confidential
records” means all correspondence, reports, memoranda, files, manuals, books,
lists, financial, operating or marketing records, magnetic tape, or electronic
or other media or equipment of any kind which may be in Executive’s possession
or under his control or accessible to him which contain any proprietary
information.  All property and records of
the Company (including, without limitation, all confidential records) shall be
and remain the sole property of the Company during the period of Executive’s
employment with the Company, and thereafter.

(f)            Inventions
and Patents.  All inventions,
innovations or improvements (including policies, procedures, products,
improvements, software, ideas and discoveries, whether patent, copyright,
trademark, service mark, or otherwise) conceived or made by Executive, either
alone or jointly with others, in the course of his employment by the Company, belong
to the Company.  Executive will promptly
disclose in writing such inventions, innovations or improvements to the Company
and perform all actions reasonably requested by the Company to establish and
confirm such ownership by the Company, including, but not limited to,
cooperating with and assisting the Company in obtaining patents, copyrights,
trademarks, or service marks for the Company in the United States and in
foreign countries.

(g)           Enforcement.  Executive acknowledges and agrees that, by
virtue of his position, his services and access to and use of confidential
records and proprietary information, any violation by him of any of the
undertakings contained in this Section 1 would cause the Company immediate,
substantial and irreparable injury for which it has no adequate remedy at
law.  Accordingly, Executive agrees and
consents to the entry of an injunction or other equitable relief by a court of
competent jurisdiction restraining any violation or threatened violation of any
undertaking contained in this Section 1. 
Executive waives posting by the Company of any bond otherwise necessary
to secure such injunction or other equitable relief.  Rights and remedies provided for in this
Section 1 are cumulative and shall be in addition to rights and remedies
otherwise available to the parties hereunder or under any other agreement or
applicable law.

(h)           Acknowledgment.  Executive understands that the provisions of
this Section 1 may limit his ability to earn a livelihood in a business that
competes with the business of the Company but nevertheless agrees and hereby
acknowledges that the

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consideration provided to Executive through his employment and the
grant of stock options on the date hereof is sufficient to justify the
restrictions contained in such provisions. 
In consideration thereof and in light of Executive’s education, skills
and abilities, Executive agrees that he will not assert in any forum that such
provisions prevent him from earning a living or otherwise are void or
unenforceable or should be held void or unenforceable.

2.             Assignment and Transfer.
This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by, and shall
be assignable by the Company without Executive’s prior written consent to any
purchaser of all or substantially all of the Company’s business or assets, any
successor to the Company or any assignee thereof (whether direct or indirect,
by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise).  In addition, the Company may assign this
Agreement without Executive’s prior consent to any purchaser of assets of the
Company relating to businesses of the Company in which Executive was involved
during his employment by the Company.  In
the event of any assignment pursuant to this Agreement, this Agreement shall be
binding on such assignee.

3.             Miscellaneous.

(a)           Nondisclosure;
Other Employers.  Executive will not
disclose to the Company, use, or induce the Company to use, any proprietary
information, trade secrets or confidential business information of others.  Executive represents and warrants that
Executive does not possess any property, proprietary information, trade secrets
and confidential business information belonging to any prior employers.

(b)           Governing
Law; Consent to Jurisdiction.  This
Agreement shall be governed by and construed (both as to validity and
performance) and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of
New York applicable to agreements made and to be performed wholly within such
jurisdiction, without regard to the principles of conflicts of law or where the
parties are located at the time a dispute arises.  Any action to enforce this Agreement must be
brought in a court situated in the City of New York and the parties hereby
consent to the jurisdiction of courts situated in the State of New York.  Each party hereby waives the right to claim
that any such court is an inconvenient forum for the resolution of any such
action.

(c)           Entire
Agreement.  This Agreement contains
the entire agreement and understanding between the parties relating to matters
set forth herein and supersedes, cancels and annuls any prior or
contemporaneous written or oral agreements, understandings, commitments and
practices between them respecting the matters set forth herein, including all
prior agreements, if any, between the Company and Executive, which agreement(s)
or provisions of such agreements hereby are terminated and shall be of no
further force or effect.

(d)           Amendment.  This Agreement may be amended only by a
writing which makes express reference to this Agreement as the subject of such
amendment and which is signed by Executive and, on behalf of the Company, by
its duly authorized officer.

(e)           Severability.  If any provision of this Agreement is held
invalid or unenforceable by any court of competent jurisdiction, the other provisions
of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.  Any provision of this Agreement held invalid
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unenforceable only in part or degree shall remain in full force and
effect to the extent not held invalid or unenforceable.

(f)            Nonwaiver.  Neither any course of dealing nor any
failure or neglect of either party hereto in any instance to exercise any
right, power or privilege hereunder or under law shall constitute a waiver of
any other right, power or privilege or of the same right, power or privilege in
any other instance.  All waivers by
either party hereto must be contained in a written instrument signed by the
party to be charged and, in the case of the Company, by its duly authorized
officer.

(g)           Notices.  Any notice required or permitted hereunder
shall be in writing and shall be sufficiently given if personally delivered or
if sent by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, with return receipt
requested, addressed:  (a) in the case of
the Company, to Nascent Wine Company, Inc., 2355 Paseo de las Americas, San Diego,
California 92154, Attention: Sandro Piancone; and (b) in the case of
Executive, to Executive’s last known address as reflected in the Company’s
records, or to such other address as Executive shall designate by written
notice to the Company.  Any notice given
hereunder shall be deemed to have been given at the time of receipt thereof by
the person to whom such notice is given if personally delivered or at the time
of mailing if sent by registered or certified mail.

(h)           Third
Party Beneficiaries; Termination. 
The parties agree that the Purchasers are an intended third-party
beneficiary of this Agreement.  No other
third-parties, whether persons or entities, are intended third-party
beneficiaries.  In the event the Purchasers
no longer hold Series A Convertible Preferred Stock of the Company, this
Agreement shall terminate and shall have no force or effect.

(i)            Survival.  Cessation or termination of Executive’s
employment with the Company shall not result in termination of this
Agreement.  The respective obligations of
Executive and rights and benefits afforded to the Company or any third party
beneficiaries as provided in this Agreement shall survive cessation or
termination of Executive’s employment hereunder.

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IN WITNESS
WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Agreement to be duly executed on its
behalf by an officer thereunto duly authorized and Executive has duly executed
this Agreement, all as of the date and year first written above.

	
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