tasting (
http://definr.com/tasting)
n 1: a small amount (especially of food or wine)
2: a kind of sensing; distinguishing substances by means of the
taste buds; "a wine tasting" [syn:
taste]
3: taking a small amount into the mouth to test its quality;
"cooking was fine but it was the savoring that he enjoyed
most" [syn:
savoring,
savouring,
relishing,
degustation]