The document provides an overview of the five basic steps to wine tasting: see the color and textures, swirl to aerate, sniff for smell, sip for taste, and savor including the aftertaste. It then discusses several aspects of wine tasting including visuals of color and clarity, smelling the bouquet, examining legs in the glass, how taste buds work, tasting zones on the tongue, inspecting the cork, identifying the bottle, and letting the wine breathe before drinking. It concludes with sections on wine improving with age and the three phases of a wine's development.