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The tasting of wine with the purpose of analyzing the quality of the wine. The serious wine taster follows strict guidelines in terms of proper equipment (white table cloths, decanters, etc.

The tasting of wine with, typically, no knowledge of the identity of the wine. At times, the tasters will know the type but not the winery they originate from.

A version of "blind tasting" where wines of different varietals are tasted at the same time. The challenge of "double blind tasting" is to determine the varietal and origin of the wine.

Similar in appearance to an enlarged oyster cracker, this type of cracker is served after tasting different varieties of wine.

The tasting of wine from different years, but originating from the same winery. These wines are most often contiguous years.

The tasting of numerous wines that are from the same vintage but originate from different wineries.

Describes the outer edge of the wine surface when viewing through a goblet style wine glass at a 30 to 40 degree angle, against a white background (cloth or paper), using natural light.