This week in the world of drinks: England eases out of lockdown; dozens of people reveal the home bars they’ve built during lockdown; and Cameron Diaz launches a wine.

A man from High Wycombe has been given a £8,000 fine after drinking carrot juice from a Foster’s beer can to “test” the police on their knowledge of the rules in a no-alcohol zone.

The controversial Cereal Killer Café, which has sites in Camden and Brick Lane, has said cheerio to its fans after deciding not to reopen its doors.

Six months after fires destroyed almost a third of the vines in Adelaide Hills, 21 producers in the region have teamed up to create a wine to raise funds for those affected. 

Pauillac in 2019 is fantastic and for such a large appellation it is remarkably homogenous in quality. That homogeneity does not in any sense mask the considerable range of stylistic diversity – if anything it accentuates it, writes Colin Hay.

The team behind New York and London wine bars Compagnie des Vins Surnaturels has opened a pop-up bar and B&B in the Finger Lakes region of New York State.

Messe Dûsseldorf, which hosts drinks trade show ProWein, has worked out a new hygiene protocol to ensure people will be safe at all future exhibitions, which includes a ban on exhibitor parties.

The troubles at Treasury Wine Estates, Australia’s largest producer, have deepened as its latest financial results show the coronavirus pandemic had added significantly to its already long list of problems.

UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak has said the government will provide discounts for eating out and a lower sales tax on restaurant food to kickstart the hospitality industry, but left alcohol out of the offer.