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Farella Braun + Martel Advises Terroir Capital on Sale of Qupé

November 6, 2018 Announcement

SAN FRANCISCO (Nov. 6, 2018): Farella Braun + Martel LLP represented Terroir Capital LLC, an investment firm that invests in hospitality and wine properties, in its sale of the Qupé wine brand and inventory to Vintage Wine Estates. With an annual production of 30,000 cases, Qupé produces cool-climate Rhône varietals from California’s Central Coast.

Business Transactions Partner Karen Yuen advised Terroir Capital on the sale with assistance from Business Transactions Partner Daniel Cohn.

Farella Braun + Martel LLP is a leading Northern California law firm representing corporate and private clients in sophisticated business transactions and complex commercial, civil and criminal litigation. Clients like our imaginative legal solutions and the dynamism and intellectual creativity of our lawyers. The attorneys in each practice group work cohesively in interdisciplinary teams to advance the clients’ objectives in the most effective, coordinated and efficient manner. Founded in 1962, we are headquartered in San Francisco and maintain an office in the Napa Valley that is focused on the wine industry.

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Cheryl Loof
Farella Braun + Martel LLP
415.954.4433 / [email protected]
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