Monday Memories: Lonz Winery had a reputation for drunken revelry through the 1960s

The Lonz Winery, long known for its bacchic atmosphere, was a destination stop for boaters and tourists for decades. Before long-time owner George F. Lonz’s death in 1969, it had become a bit of a party mecca – drunken revelry often got out of hand. ‘Oh, lord, there were times when people got juiced up and tore this place apart,’ Lorry Lazarony, vice president and operations director, told The Blade in 1970. ‘They ripped up the patio, rolled the truck down into the lake, and bombarded the building with bottles.