I'm more of a red wine guy (I can recommend Grange Hermitage or Heinscke Hill Of Grace).
On the beer front my current favourite Oz beer is BlueTongue.
"This is not a wine for drinking, it is a wine for lying down and AVOIDING"
"...This particular wine has a bouquet like an aborigine's armpit"
"...This wine should only be used for hand to hand combat"
/derail Monty Python Style