〜わけではない
it's not that; not necessarily
Plain form + わけではない (な-adj + な · Noun + という)
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わけではない denies a conclusion someone might draw, without denying everything: 肉が嫌いなわけではないが、あまり食べない, "it's not that I dislike meat, I just don't eat much of it".
It softens and corrects. It's common after a sentence that might be misunderstood, and often followed by が or けど and the real reason.
With words like みんな, いつも or 全部, it means "not all" or "not always": 日本人がみんな寿司を好きなわけではない, "not all Japanese people like sushi".
というわけではない is common after a whole idea: 高ければいいというわけではない, "expensive doesn't automatically mean good". In speech, it's わけじゃない.
Examples
肉が嫌いなわけではないが、あまり食べない。
It's not that I dislike meat, I just don't eat much of it.
日本人がみんな寿司を好きなわけではない。
Not all Japanese people like sushi.
行きたくないわけじゃないけど、今日は忙しい。
It's not that I don't want to go, but I'm busy today.
高ければいいというわけではない。
Expensive doesn't automatically mean good.
お金がないわけではありません。
It's not that I don't have any money.