Well, wine tasting as a practice is as old as wine making but the formalized version began from the 1300s.
I know what you mean. Also, wine tasting has been around since ancient times.
I love going on wine tasting tours in the Niagara region Neat, which sense do you use when examining and evaluating the wines? Oh well I actually just go for the experience, you get a buzz and learn about drinking wine properly. Could you repeat the prior question? Yes, did you use your senses when examining and evaluating the wines? Ah yeah, I learned there how where the wine hits makes it taste different, so I used my taste senses. Is wine tasting a modern activity?
While the practice of wine tasting is as ancient as its production, a more formalized methodology has slowly become established from the 14th century onwards.