Loss inspires Mary to success

Mary Retallack was 13 when her greatest motivation in life came with the death of her father and the family’s need to sell its Renmark fruit block. It taught her to adapt and find her own path in life, leading eventually to her starting Retallack Viticulture, an independent consultancy offering a range of advisory services to the wine industry. Her success led to her winning the 2012 South Australian Rural Women’s Award yesterday and a $10,000 bursary from the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation, to enhance her skills and share the reward by giving back to her local community, reports Adelaide Now.