On Cloud Wine! Australia is famous for its wine, particularly Shiraz and Chardonnay. In 2022-23, Australia exported over 621 million Liters (136.6 million gallons) of wine, worth an estimated $1.86 billion. While many people will have heard of the Aussie beer culture, wine is actually the country’s preferred alcoholic beverage. Between March 2022 and 2023, 8.9 million people drank wine in Australia. In the same year, just 6.5 million people were drinking beer.