David Saysomsack
David Saysomsack head of winemaking at See Ya Later Ranch.
Born in Laos and raised in the farming community of Abbotsford, Saysomsack followed his heart to pursue winemaking professionally. After completing an honours degree in oenology and viticulture at Brock University, he has worked in Ontario, California, Oregon, New Zealand and, since 2011, BC. After a year as winemaker at Burrowing Owl Vineyards, he left the position when illness struck his baby daughter.
Taking over from winemaking veteran Dave Carson at See Ya Later Ranch, he aims to follow in Dave’s footsteps and make high quality, fruit forward wines and focus on slight style changes such as “yeast selection and different times to take off the lees,” he says. “Down the pipeline, I see a higher end Pinot Noir because, if we choose the best rows, some of our fruit is better than our current blended wine.”