Taste test originated with wine

While idly flipping TV channels one rainy Sunday afternoon, I paused on a Food Network program featuring a tasting of sorts. The subject was not wine, as the participants were sipping their liquid from small, shallow cups. But if I were to shut my eyes and just listen, I would have been hard pressed to tell the difference. It was, in fact, an olive oil tasting, which many people do not realize can be so involved. A quick Internet search reveals, while not quite as popular as wine, the sampling and judging of olive oil is very much like it.