Green’s Dictionary of Slang

tipsy, slightly drunk.

1833		T. Hood ‘China-Mender’ Works (1862) II 435: It was all through Mr. Lambert : but for certain he was winey.
1853		Dickens ‘Slang’ in Household Words 24 Sept. 75/2: For the one word drunk [...] muggy, beery, winey, slewed [etc.].
1859, 1860		Hotten Dict. of Modern Sl. etc.
1864		London Standard 13 Dec. 3/3: Slang synonyms for mild intoxication [...] Stewed [...] Winey.
1873		Sl. Dict.
1906		Salt Lake City (UT) 30 Mar. 4/5: He is [...] happy, winey, groggy, muzzy .
1890–1904		Farmer & Henley Sl. and Its Analogues.
1895		Crowe Aus. Sl. Dict. 96: Winey, tipsy; intoxicated.
1981		(con. c.1916) A. Harding in Samuel East End Und. 119: He was a bit winey.