{"id":198708,"date":"2026-01-30T10:31:51","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T18:31:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=198708"},"modified":"2026-01-30T10:32:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T18:32:17","slug":"the-39th-annual-first-taste-of-the-year-wine-tasting-event-is-february-21st","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=198708","title":{"rendered":"The 39th Annual “First Taste of the Year” Wine Tasting Event is February 21st."},"content":{"rendered":"

Copperopolis, CA…The Copperopolis Community Center is sponsoring their 39th Annual First Taste of the Year on Saturday, February 21, 2026. The event will be at the Copperopolis Armory from 5:30 – 7:30 pm, 695 Main St in Copperopolis. This will be an indoor event.<\/p>\n

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Calaveras and its surrounding Counties are fortunate to be the home of a bounty of wonderful wineries who have been invited to showcase their wines. Light hors d’oeuvres will be served as well as raffle opportunities.<\/p>\n

We are very pleased to announce Michael Kelly will be returning for the tasting. Michael is a local wine collector and aficionado, nationally and internationally published wine writer and wine judge. Many of you may know of Michael through his participation\/hosting local wine events. Michael will be writing about the wines at this event and meeting with participating winemakers and tasters. Michael\u2019s Website: https:\/\/californiawinesandwineries.com, and Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CaliforniaWinesAndWineries\/, both have extensive followers.<\/p>\n

Tickets are $25 Advance or $30 at the Door:
\nAdvance Locations (Cash or Check Only)
\n– Lake Tulloch Plaza: Umpqua Bank
\n– Copper Cove Center: The Pour House
\nOnline at https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CopperopolisCommunityCenter<\/p>\n

For more information contact me at linn@cabastrong.org or call 209 890-9277.<\/p>\n

—
\nLinn Pillsbury, Co-Chair, !st Taste of the Year Wine Tasting Event
\nCopperopolis Area Business Association
\n209-890-9277
\nlinn@cabastrong.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Copperopolis, CA…The Copperopolis Community Center is sponsoring their 39th Annual First Taste of the Year on Saturday, February 21, 2026. The event will be at the Copperopolis Armory from 5:30 – 7:30 pm, 695 Main St in Copperopolis. This will be an indoor event. Calaveras and its surrounding Counties are fortunate to be the home […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":198714,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,21,19,20,4,1,40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-198708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-advertising","category-copperopolis","category-entertainment","category-featured","category-life-style","category-news","category-wine-news","last_archivepost"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/CopperFirstTaste26.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198708","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=198708"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198708\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":198716,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198708\/revisions\/198716"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/198714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=198708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=198708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=198708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}