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Dave McGee

Dave McGee

Owner and co-winemaker at Monochrome Wines in Paso Robles, California, specializing in distinctive white wine blends.

Jul 26, 2026

6:19
Talk about why this was really important to you to find other people and have touch points with other brands that think like-minded to you.
6:26
Well, I think if you look at the history of Paso wine, it's really been dominated by red wines.
6:30
And the mindshare was that Paso was a red wine country.
6:33
And to the extent people made white wines, it was in most cases kind of an afterthought.
6:38
I mean, there were definitely a few that went, put in the effort and made some of the good ones.
6:42
But for the most part, that was kind of the exception.
6:45
And that's really started to change the last 10 or 15 years.

23 MINS LATER

29:42
Dave, tell me what we're
6:19
Talk about why this was really important to you to find other people and have touch points with other brands that think like-minded to you.
6:26
Well, I think if you look at the history of Paso wine, it's really been dominated by red wines.
6:30
And the mindshare was that Paso was a red wine country.
6:33
And to the extent people made white wines, it was in most cases kind of an afterthought.
6:38
I mean, there were definitely a few that went, put in the effort and made some of the good ones.
6:42
But for the most part, that was kind of the exception.
6:45
And that's really started to change the last 10 or 15 years.

23 MINS LATER

29:42
Dave, tell me what we're

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