From Wikipedia: There are five basic steps in tasting wine:

» color
» swirl
» smell
» taste
» savour

This is also known as the five S's: See, Swirl, Sniff, Sip, Savor. During this process, a taster must look for clarity, varietal character, integration, expressiveness, complexity, and connectedness.

In my next post I'll go describe in detail about The Visual.