Pale straw in the glass, this Sauvignon Blanc skips the tropical fruit bomb you might expect for something more delicate. First sniff brings guava and star fruit, hiding shyly behind lemon zest, fennel and white flowers. On the palate it has real texture, with a gentle saline note running under the citrus, and the finish is long and mineral.

Alex Schulkin started The Other Right in 2012, bringing almost two decades of wine science experience and a stubborn belief that there's more than one way to make a beautiful wine. The name says it all: an alternative to the idea that only one method counts. From a small base in Ashton, tucked into the Adelaide Hills, Alex has spent over a decade proving his point, one small-batch release at a time. Since 2016, every wine has come from vineyards farmed organically and sustainably, long-term partners who share his outlook on how a vineyard should be treated. In the winery, the philosophy is grapes and nothing else, with each wine left to develop at its own pace. That demands real skill: reading a ferment carefully, solving problems as they come up rather than reaching for a fix in a bottle. The payoff is wine that feels alive: precise, pure and full of character. Alex talks about his wines as living things, untamed and happy, shaped as much by his own instincts as by the vineyard they came from.