tasting

noun

tast·​ing ˈtā-stiŋ 

: an occasion for sampling a selection of foods or drinks in order to compare qualities

a wine tasting

—often used before another noun

a tasting menu/plate/board

a tasting room

Over time, fees at the tasting bar have increased to $10 or $20 per person.

—Tim Fish

Refined ranch cuisine, featuring multicourse tasting dinners … is the focus of the main restaurant at this luxurious resort …

—Alexis Korman et al.

The best way to develop your own wine vocabulary is to write your own tasting notes.

—Thomas Matthews

Examples of tasting in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The goal is to get people to go from here and go to a tasting room tomorrow or down the road. —Carmela Karcher, CBS News, 28 Mar. 2026

Its Yelp and Google listings also describe the tasting room as temporarily closed. —Aidin Vaziri, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Mar. 2026

This event has something for everyone from meet and greets with Big Bunny to delicious honey tastings and education stations. —Staff Report, Daily News, 28 Mar. 2026

Most seasons at Lawson's facility, the job of peeling and packaging thousands of pounds of the sweet-tasting, bright red crustaceans is handled by more than 100 foreign workers. —ABC News, 26 Mar. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1959, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing tasting

• tasting menu
• wine tasting

Rhymes for tasting

• basting
• hasting
• pasting
• wasting