(Wine-Searcher) - He's been ousted from the brand he started, but Bob Lindquist can't escape Qupé quite yet.

Less than four months ago, Vintage Wine Estates bought Qupé, one of the best producers of Rhône-style wines in California.

At the time, Vintage CEO Pat Roney told Wine-Searcher about Qupé founder and winemaker Bob Lindquist: "He's got a pretty good lineup of wines. For the forseeable future we anticipate to continue doing what they've been doing."

Corporate America can only see the future as far as the next quarter. Lindquist was unceremoniously ousted by Vintage earlier this month from the winery he founded.

"Losing Qupe is like losing one of your children," Lindquist told Wine-Searcher. "It's something I developed from scratch. Coming up with the name, coming up with the logo. Coming up with everything. It's not an easy thing to walk away from."