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George Lonz Letter to Otto Kirsten Thanking Him for Buying Grape Juice
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Title
George
Lonz
Letter
to
Otto
Kirsten
Thanking
Him for
Buying
Grape
Juice
Subject
Civil Liberties
Business and Labor
Prohibition
Alcoholic beverages
Wine industry
Beverage industry
Place
Middle Bass (Ohio)
Ottawa County (Ohio)
Description
George
F
.
Lonz
,
owner
of
Lonz
Winery
on
Middle
Bass
Island
,
wrote
this
one-page
letter
to
Otto
Kirsten
of
Findlay
,
Ohio
,
thanking
him for
payment
for
fifteen
gallons
of
grape
juice
and an
order
for
another
ten
gallons
.
During
Prohibition
,
during
which
the
federal
government
banned
the
manufacture
and
sale
of
alcoholic
beverages
,
Lonz
Winery
survived
by
selling
grape
juice
.
Prohibition
was
repealed
in
1933
by the
21st
Amendment
. The
letter
measures
8.25
"
x
7
"
(20.96
x
17.78
cm)
.
Lonz
Winery
was
established
by
Peter
Lonz
(1857-1955)
in
1884
. His
son
George
Lonz
merged
the
Lonz
and
Golden
Eagle
Wine
Cellars
(established
in
1866
by
Andrew
Wehrle)
into
one
business
in
1926
.
George
attended
Ohio
Northern
University
,
studied
chemistry
and
botany
, and
graduated
in
1910
. He
used
his
scientific
skills
to
experiment
with
grapes
and
wines
, and
tested
his
own
products
in a
lab
behind
the
winery
.
George
Lonz
purchased
the
wineries
during
Prohibition
and on the
eve
of the
Great
Depression
. He
remained
solvent
during
these
years
by
100,000
gallons
of
grape
juice
per
year
.
Some
of his
product
was
eventually
sold
to a
Chicago
firm
which
made
it
into
champagne
. The
New
Deal
and the
repeal
of
Prohibition
brought
new
prosperity
, and from
1934-1944
, he
rebuilt
the
old
Wehrle
Winery
and
added
a
boathouse
and
basin
to the
complex
.
During
this
time
Lonz
became
one
of the
few
American
champagne
makers
.
Through
the
1960s
,
Lonz
Winery
continued
to
prosper
on the
strength
of its
high
quality
wines
and as a
popular
tourist
attraction
.
Lonz
constructed
a
pleasure
boat
marina
behind
the
winery
in
1968
.
George
Lonz
died
in
1969
,
without
heirs
and
before
finding
a
buyer
for the
winery
. For a
time
,
profits
from the
winery
were
given
to
charity
. In
1979
,
Meier's
Wine
Cellars
,
Inc.
, a
division
of
Paramount
Distilleries
,
Inc.
, in
Cleveland
,
Ohio
,
purchased
the
Lonz
Winery
.
Meier
revitalized
the
winery
by
replanting
the
vineyards
and
restoring
the
buildings
.
Creator
Lonz, George F., 1887-1969
Date of Original
October
06
,
1923
Collection
Lonz
Winery
Collection
Source
Unpublished material (archives/manuscripts)
MS 150
Submitting Institution
Center for Archival Collections--Bowling Green State University
Rights
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Image Width
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