“…The lack of business literature about icewine is surprising, given the remarkable growth of this category, its economic importance for Canada’s wine export market (CVA, 2015) and its interesting retail channel choices. Similarly interesting is that icewine has been excluded from the conversation about luxury wines among wine scholars, although it is commonly seen as “the Gucci of the wine world” (Sherri Haigh, see National Post, 2007) by vintners, retailers and consumers (Lee, 2013; Abraham, 2015). It also possesses many of the typical characteristics of a luxury wine: it has a high dollar value, with starting retail prices of approximately C$40 for the typical 375 ml bottle or US$80 for a full-size bottle, which is noticeably higher than the US$50 referenced by Beverland (2004) for table wines with luxury status.…”