The name came from a family joke: Alex Schulkin's partner Galit has a notoriously unreliable sense of left and right, and "not this right, the OTHER right" became a household phrase. By the time Alex started making wine under the label in 2012, the name had taken on a second meaning: The Other Right as an alternative path, one that leads away from conventional winemaking and toward something more honest.
The Winemaker
Alex Schulkin was born in Russia, trained as a scientist, and built a career as a researcher at the Australian Wine Research Institute in Adelaide. That combination of deep scientific literacy and genuine curiosity about natural wine is what makes The Other Right unusual. Alex knows precisely what is happening in the bottle at every stage, and he chooses not to interfere. The result is a set of no-sulfur, no-additive wines with a cleanliness and liveliness that many natural producers never achieve.
The Vineyards
Alex works exclusively with two certified organic vineyard partners: Ernst's Sellicks Hill NASAA Certified Organic site in McLaren Vale, planted to dry-grown Shiraz, and Sparrows Vineyard in Mount Torrens, Adelaide Hills. Quantities are tiny by design. Alex and Galit have no interest in scaling up; they want to make very little wine and have a lot of fun doing it.
In the Cellar
Wild fermentation only. No cultured yeasts, no additives of any kind. No unnecessary action is taken, as Alex puts it: "using fewer tools requires attention to detail, patience, creativity and problem solving." The wines show youth, freshness, and a nervous energy that reflects the cool Adelaide Hills climate and the sandy, well-drained soils of the Vale.
