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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20040408204517
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000016918-04-000022
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20040406
FILED AS OF DATE:		20040408

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			CONSTELLATION BRANDS INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000016918
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	BEVERAGES [2080]
		IRS NUMBER:				160716709
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0228

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		300 WILLOWBROOK OFFICE PARK
		CITY:			FAIRPORT
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			14450
		BUSINESS PHONE:		5852183600

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		300 WILLOWBROOK OFFICE PARK
		CITY:			FAIRPORT
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			14450

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	CANANDAIGUA BRANDS INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19970902

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	CANANDAIGUA WINE CO INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			HETTERICH F PAUL
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001245573

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-08495
		FILM NUMBER:		04726028

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O CONSTELLATION BRANDS INC
		STREET 2:		300 WILLOWBROOK OFFICE PARK
		CITY:			FAIRPORT
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			14450
		BUSINESS PHONE:		5852183600

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O CONSTELLATION BRANDS, INC.
		STREET 2:		300 WILLOWBROOK OFFICE PARK
		CITY:			FAIRPORT
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			14450
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    <schemaVersion>X0201</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2004-04-06</periodOfReport>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000016918</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>CONSTELLATION BRANDS INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>STZ</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001245573</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>HETTERICH F PAUL</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O CONSTELLATION BRANDS, INC.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>300 WILLOWBROOK OFFICE PARK</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>FAIRPORT</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>14450</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Executive VP</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Class A Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>6971</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value></value>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Non-Qualified Stock Option (Right to Buy)</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>33.26</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2004-04-06</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>23300</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <exerciseDate>
                <value>2008-04-06</value>
                <footnoteId id="F2"/>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2014-04-06</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Class A Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>23300</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>23300</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value></value>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </derivativeTransaction>
    </derivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Includes shares of Class A Common Stock acquired in January 2004 under the Constellation Brands, Inc. 1989 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">This option becomes exercisable prior to the date specified as follows: (i) 25% will become exercisable after the fair market value of a share of Class A Common Stock has been at least $38.25 for fifteen (15) consecutive trading days; (ii) an additional 25% will become exercisable after such fair market value has been at least $43.99 for fifteen (15) consecutive trading days; and (iii) the remaining 50% will become exercisable after such fair market value has been at least $50.59 for fifteen (15) consecutive trading days.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>By: H. Elaine Farry   For: F. Paul Hetterich</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2004-04-08</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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<TEXT>
                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, THAT THE UNDERSIGNED HEREBY CONSTITUTES AND APPOINTS
EACH  OF  H.  ELAINE  FARRY,  BARBARA  J.  LAVERDI, DAVID S. SORCE AND THOMAS J.
MULLIN,  SIGNING  SINGLY, THE UNDERSIGNED'S TRUE AND LAWFUL ATTORNEY-IN-FACT TO:

(1) execute  for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity
as  a  reporting  person under Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
and  the  rules  thereunder,  all  Forms  3,  4, and 5 (including any amendments
thereto)  that  the undersigned may be required to file with the U.S. Securities
and  Exchange  Commission  as  a  result  of  the  undersigned's ownership of or
transactions in securities of Constellation Brands, Inc. (the "Company");

(2) do  and  perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which
may  be  necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5
(including  any  amendments  thereto)  and timely file such form with the United
States  Securities  and  Exchange  Commission  and any stock exchange or similar
authority; and

(3) take  any  other  action  of  any  type  whatsoever  in  connection with the
foregoing  which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to,
in  the  best  interest  of,  or  legally required by, the undersigned, it being
understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned  pursuant  to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall
contain  such  terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such
attorney-in-fact's discretion.

The  undersigned  hereby  grants  to  each  such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority  to  do  and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary,  or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers
herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
could  do  if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation,
hereby  ratifying  and  confirming  all  that  such  attorney-in-fact,  or  such
attorney-in-fact's  substitute  or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be
done  by  virtue  of  this  Power  of  Attorney and the rights and powers herein
granted.  The  undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in
serving  in  such  capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming,
nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply
with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

This  Power  of  Attorney  shall  remain  in  full  force  and  effect until the
undersigned  is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the
undersigned's  holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company,
unless  earlier  revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing  attorneys-in-fact.

IN  WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the  undersigned  has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 6th day of April, 2004.

                                                   /s/ F. Paul Hetterich
                                           --------------------------------
                                                      Signature

                                                   F. Paul Hetterich
                                           --------------------------------
                                                      Print Name
WITNESS:

/s/ Sharon M. Leach
- ---------------------------
Signature

Sharon M. Leach
- ---------------------------
Print Name

April 6, 2004
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Date

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