tasting (n)

Definition: a small amount (especially of food or wine)

tasting (n)
taste (n)

Definition: a kind of sensing
Example: a wine tasting.

tasting (n)
savouring (n)
savoring (n)
relishing (n)
degustation (n)

Definition: taking a small amount into the mouth to test its quality
Example: cooking was fine but it was the savoring that he enjoyed most.