There are hundreds of great wineries in California focused primarily on red wines, but only a small handful devote all their attention, effort and passion exclusively to white wines. To paraphrase Coco Chanel, “To be memorable, you must first be different.” At Monochrome, we only make white wines. While some people think of white wines as simple, one-dimensional, or a lesser sibling to red wines, we disagree. Through an extreme focus on coaxing the full range of flavors and textures out of white grapes from the finest vineyards, we aim to produce wines of depth, layers, and complexity. Our goal is to stand against the “white wines are simple” mindset, and champion the fact that there is nothing simple about crafting (or enjoying) complex, interesting, and memorable white wines. At Monochrome, the goal is to create white wines with depth, layers and complexity, but we knew we would never get there by just making all the wine one way, in one big tank. So, we borrowed inspiration from another field entirely, and ended up with a Wall of Sound approach to winemaking. Dave McGee has enjoyed multiple careers, involving fields as diverse as radar design, stealth aircraft technology, interventional neuroradiology, orthopedic surgery, and cardiac electrophysiology. More recently, he completed the online version of UC Davis’ winemaking program and helped with the winemaking at Villa Creek and Alta Colina wineries in Paso Robles before starting Monochrome in 2016. Dave earned BS, MS, and MBA degrees from Stanford University.

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