When practicing deductive tasting, honing in your skills can be difficult. We found that recording our tastings and then replaying them, while grading ourselves with the below grids, became extremely helpful in bettering our abilities. Recording yourself gives you the ability to check if you are missing any major components of the wine. Secondly, you are able to hear if you are not listening to the wine, listening to yourself, taking left turns, stalling, thinking too much, and much more! Another bonus to using these grids, is you can taste with anyone, even those who may not understand deductive tasting, just have them grab the grid that matches the wine, and they can grade you in real time. 

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