They differ in method and purpose.
Technical tasting is for the professionnals.
Such tastings are not organised with the pleasurable experiencve of wine drinking in mind, this is strictly business . Such tasting should be educational and should enable the participants to increase their knowledge of the product. The two types of tastings do however overlap and neither should be pursued at the expense of the other. The most rewarding experience for the drinker comes from combining strict technique and the pleasurable art of tasting. Acquiring the technical expertise for tasting is really a matter of mastering a series of opertations which after a time becomes automatic.