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Meet Mike Fisher


Mike Fisher

Co-Founder & Partner | Global Wine Partners

Mike Fisher is a wine industry specialist in mergers and acquisitions, valuations, corporate finance and wine business advisory services. He is the wine industry’s top business valuation specialist, having prepared hundreds of winery and vineyard valuations. He has testified as an expert in many wine businesses litigation cases.

Mike has degrees in business from the University of Missouri and enology from the University of California, Davis. He is also an Accredited Senior Appraiser, licensed securities broker-dealer and CPA and was a Partner with MKF Wine Business Advisors. 

Mike speaks at numerous wine industry seminars and conferences and publishes articles on a range of wine business topics.

Prior to Global Wine Partners

Prior to founding Global Wine Partners and its predecessor firm MKF Wine Business Advisors, Mike worked as CFO for Joseph Phelps Vineyards and began his career with PricewaterhouseCoopers. 

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In the almost forty years I’ve been working in the premium wine business, I’ve seen it evolve from an immature cottage industry to what is today. It’s been a great experience.

-Mike Fisher