tasting in WordNet English dictionary

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