Diamond Estates Announces Increase to Previously Announced Private Placement Offering

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NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE, ON, Dec. 5, 2016 /CNW/ - Diamond Estates Wines & Spirits Inc. (the "Company" or "Diamond Estates") (TSXV: DWS) announced today that as a result of the positive investor response for its previously announced private placement offering of up to 22,727,300 common shares ("Common Shares") of the Company at a purchase price of $0.22 per Common Share, it has agreed to increase the size of the offering from up to $5.0 million to up to $8.0 million or 36,363,636 Common Shares.  In addition, the Company has granted to Paradigm Capital Inc. ("Paradigm") and GMP Securities L.P. ("GMP"), as joint agents, an option, exercisable any time prior to the closing of the offering, to arrange for the purchase of up to an additional 10% of the number of Shares.  If the agents' option is exercised in full, the aggregate gross proceeds of the offering will be $8.8 million or 40,000,000 Common Shares.

The size of the offering was increased by agreement between Diamond Estates, Paradigm and GMP.  There are no other changes to the previously announced financing and the upsized portion will be offered on the same terms as the previously announced offering of Shares.

This news release does not constitute an offer of securities for sale in the United States. The securities being offered have not been, nor will they be, registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and such securities may not be offered or sold within the United States absent U.S. registration or an applicable exemption from U.S. registration requirements.

About Diamond Estates Wines & Spirits Inc.

Diamond Estates Wines and Spirits Inc. is a producer of high quality wines and a sales agent for over 120 beverage alcohol brands across Canada.  The company operates two wineries in the Niagara region of Ontario producing VQA and blended wines under such well-known brand names as 20 Bees, EastDell Estates, Lakeview Cellars, Dois Amigos, Dan Aykroyd, Benchmark and Seasons. Through its partnership, Kirkwood Diamond Canada, the Company is the sales agent for top selling international brands in all regions of the country as well as being a distributor in the western provinces.  These recognizable brands include Fat Bastard wines from France, Kaiken wines from Argentina, Charles Wells beers from England, Hpnotiq Liqueur from France, Anciano wines from Spain, Francois Lurton wines from France and Argentina, Blue Nun wines from Germany, coolers and spirits from Independent Distillers in New Zealand, Brick Brewing from Canada, Evan Williams Bourbon from USA, Flor de Cana rum from Nicaragua, Iceberg Vodka from Canada and many others. For further information on the company, please visit the company's SEDAR profile at www.sedar.com.

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Diamond Estates Wines & Spirits Inc. common shares trade on the TSX Venture Exchange (symbol: DWS).

Forward-looking Statements

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SOURCE Diamond Estates Wines & Spirits Inc.

Murray Souter, President & CEO, Diamond Estates Wines & Spirits Inc., [email protected], 905.641.1042 Ext 234; Alan Stratton, CPA, CA, Chief Financial Officer, Diamond Estates Wines & Spirits Inc., [email protected], 905.641.1042 Ext. 225