Mary Retallack

Viticulturist / Managing Director

Mary Retallack is a Viticultural Consultant based in Adelaide who has worked professionally in the wine industry over the last seventeen years. Mary grew up on a fruit block in the Riverland and is a third generation viticulturist.

Previous employment as a Senior Viticultural Consultant at Scholefield Robinson Horticultural Services, Vineyard Manager at Mountadam Vineyards in Eden Valley, Program Leader with the CRC for Viticulture on their Research to Practice program (throughout Australia), and work with Onkaparinga Institute of TAFE providing training in McLaren Vale, Adelaide Hills, Langhorne Creek and the South East regions of South Australia have given Mary a broad understanding of all facets of the wine industry. Mary has travelled extensively within Australia and overseas and has worked in the USA and Canada.

 

QUALIFICATIONS

Tertiary Qualifications

Professional Certificate in Arbitration, 2010 Graduate Diploma of Viticulture, 2001 Bachelor of Education (In-service), 1999 Post Graduate Diploma (Natural Resource Management), 1994 Bachelor of Applied Science (Conservation and Park Management), 1993

 

Professional Accreditation

Certified Practising Agriculturist (CPAg)

Australian Institute of Company Directors, Course Diploma (GAICD)

MEMBERSHIPS

ASVO: Australian Society for Viticulture and Oenology
WGGA: Wine Grape Growers' Australia
AIAST/AAAC: Australian Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology/Australian Association of Agricultural Consultants

GAICD: Australian Institute of Company Directors

IAMA: The Institute of Arbitrators and Mediators Australia

PAST BOARD POSITION

Non-Executive Director of the Grape and Wine Research and Development Corporation

RECENT SCHOLARSHIP

Australian Rural Leadership Program