October 1987 Acquires premium wine producer Markham Vineyards of Napa, California, United States January 1988 Begins importation and sales of Grant's blended whisky, produced by William Grant & Sons Ltd., a scotch whisky distiller June 1988 Begins sales of the anticancer agent, Pirarubicin July 1988 Completes an agreement for the import and distribution of the French champagnes produced by Pommery September 1988 Completes an import and distribution agreement with Crus & Domaines de France, and purchases Chateau Reysson, a winery in Bordeaux, France May 1989 Begins sales of Original Peachtree Fizz, a low-alcohol beverage December 1989 Establishes a business relationship with seven Italian wine makers, including Bersano S.p.A., to increase selection of Italian wines for marketing in Japan July 1990 Begins sales of Chinese Shaoxing wine, Gu Yue Long Shan Establishes a joint venture company, Shenzhen Main Luck Pharmaceuticals Inc., with a Chinese pharmaceutical company, to produce anticancer drugs for the Chinese market September 1990 Changes the Company's name to Mercian Corporation February 1993 Begins importation and distribution of wines produced by Vi_a Concha y Toro S.A. of Chile June 1994 Wine market in Japan expands rapidly, triggered by introduction of Bon March_, a moderately priced table wine July 1995 Opens the Mercian Karuizawa Museum of Art November 1996 Begins importation and distribution of wines produced by Bodegas Trapiche S.A. of Argentina Katsunuma Winery becomes the first in Japan to receive ISO 9002 certification December 1997 Tomakomai Plant receives ISO 9002 certification, thus completing awards of certification to all the Company's plants and wineries September 1998 Begins import and distribution of wines produced by Robert Mondavi of California, United States October 1998 Katsunuma Winery achieves ISO 14001 certification, the international standard for environmental management systems February 1999 Begins import and distribution of wines produced by Marchesi de' Frescobaldi of Italy June 1999 Begins import and distribution of wines produced by Montana Wines Limited of New Zealand December 2000 Begins wine sales via the Internet January 2001 Begins import and distribution of several Piat dOr wines from Piat Pe et Fils of France