NAACP to Present Chairman's Centennial Award to Moet Hennessy USA

Tuesday, July 14, 2009 New York Hilton Hotel

NEW YORK, July 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Moet Hennessy USA will receive the NAACP
Chairman's Centennial Award during their 100th anniversary celebration on
Tuesday, July 14, 2009 in the Mercury Ballroom of the New York Hilton Hotel,
1335 Avenue of the Americas in Manhattan from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

The NAACP is paying tribute to Moet Hennessy USA for being one of the first
corporate supporters when it was founded 100 years ago. Formerly Schieffelin &
Co., Moet Hennessy USA is perhaps the only company that can date its support
of African American causes to 1896. In that year, William Jay Schieffelin, the
seventh generation founder of the company, joined the board of what was then
Tuskegee Institute and helped attract support from wealthy northern
industrialists, which helped transform Tuskegee into the world class
university it is today.

"William Jay Schieffelin was a man of principle who stood up for what he
believed was right. He fought the injustices of racial discrimination and was
strong and brave enough to do so at a time when it was highly unpopular," says
Mark Cornell, President of Moet Hennessy USA. "As a member and activist of
the NAACP since 1909, he set an example for each of us to follow. His
incredible commitment to human rights and strong belief in education remains
deeply rooted in our company to this day. Moet Hennessy USA has continued his
legacy by supporting a number of educational institutions including the
Thurgood Marshall College Fund, Jackie Robinson Foundation, Medgar Evers
College, York College and the Urban League, to name a few. We are pleased to
join in the celebration of the NAACP's 100th anniversary and honored to
receive their Chairman's Centennial Award."

The Chairman's Centennial Award will be presented to Moet Hennessy USA during
the organization's convention at a private dinner for the Board of Directors,
Officers, Leadership Council members, and Trustees of the Special
Contributions Fund.

About the NAACP

The NAACP is the nation's oldest, largest and most widely recognized
grassroots-based civil rights organization. Its victorious legal battles and
heroic protest methods that forcibly changed the abhorrent everyday practices
and policies of racism in America are legendary and inspiring.

About Moet Hennessy USA

MOET HENNESSY is the leading luxury wine and spirits company in the world and
producer of some of the world's finest premium wines and spirits. The Moet
Hennessy portfolio of internationally renowned brands includes: Hennessy
Cognac; Moet & Chandon, Dom Perignon, Krug, Veuve Clicquot and Ruinart
champagnes; Belvedere and Chopin vodkas; 10 Cane Rum; Wen Jun; Glenmorangie
and Ardbeg single malt Scotch whiskies; Cheval des Andes, Green Point,
Terrazas de Los Andes, Cape Mentelle, Cloudy Bay, Newton Vineyard and Domaine
Chandon California sparkling and still wines.

SOURCE Moet Hennessy USA

Tina Wynn of The Brown Wynn Agency, Office: +1-201-886-8770, or Cell:
+1-917-327-7409, for Moet Hennessy USA