Northern California · Business Transition Advisory

Clear direction —

A coach and catalyst for business owners navigating succession, valuation, and change — moving your plan from idea to execution.

Ready to move forward?

Succession PlanningBusiness ValuationBuy/Sell AdvisoryAgricultural Business AdvisoryCapital AccessStrategic PlanningLand Use Consultancy Succession PlanningBusiness ValuationBuy/Sell AdvisoryAgricultural Business AdvisoryCapital AccessStrategic PlanningLand Use Consultancy

How I Help

A coaching arc, one step at a time

Clarify

Know what you actually want

Separate the business decision from the family and identity questions underneath it.

Know

Get a real number

A market-grounded valuation as the foundation for every decision that follows.

Structure

Build the plan

Entity, timeline, financing, and the people who need to be at the table.

Execute

Carry it through

Guided through negotiation and close — momentum to the finish.

What I Do

Seven ways to move your plan forward

Succession Planning

Structuring the handoff — to family, partners, or a new owner — with clarity and minimal disruption.

Business Valuation

Market-grounded valuations that hold up in negotiation, litigation, or estate planning.

Buy/Sell Advisory

Representing your interests through diligence, structure, and close on either side of the table.

Agricultural Business Advisory

Deep experience in vineyard and ag operations, from land use to lending relationships.

Capital Access

Bank-side experience translated into stronger positioning for the capital you need.

Strategic Planning

Longer-horizon counsel for owners weighing growth, exit, or reinvention.

Land Use Consultancy

Guidance through entitlements, permitting, and land use planning, informed by over a decade on the county planning commission.

Our Team

Mike Basayne

Founder & CEO

Twenty-five-plus years across commercial banking, investment banking, economic development, and Small Business Development Center leadership — including SVP and VP-level roles in agribusiness lending and over a decade reviewing vineyard land use as a county planning commissioner and tax appeals commissioner.

Wine Country Planning Services exists to bring that combined lens — lender, steward, advisor, coach, vineyard owner — directly to owners facing the biggest transition of their working lives.

Long time residents of the Napa Valley, Mike and his wife are the proud parents of five sons and three grandsons.

MBA Entrepreneurship (Honors)St. Mary's College
BA HistoryUC Berkeley
Pacific Coast Banking SchoolUniversity of Washington
Certified Capital AdvisorDesignation

Speaking at a Rotary Club engagement

Mike Basayne moderating an SBDC Access to Capital lender panel

Moderating an Access to Capital lender panel, Solano-Napa SBDC

Community & Civic Leadership

Engaged well beyond the boardroom

Mike's advisory work is grounded in decades of civic service and public teaching across Napa and the North Bay.

Current Chairman, Napa Chamber of Commerce
Past Chair, Napa County Planning Commission
Tax Appeals Commissioner, Napa County
Seminar Facilitator and Instructor, Napa Valley College
Finance Committee, Providence Community Health Foundation
Past President, Napa Sunrise Rotary