<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001225208-17-002455.txt : 20170206
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20170206163257
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001225208-17-002455
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20170130
FILED AS OF DATE:		20170206
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20170206

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:		207 HIGH POINT DRIVE
		STREET 2:		BUILDING 100
		CITY:			VICTOR
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			14564
		BUSINESS PHONE:		585-678-7100

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		207 HIGH POINT DRIVE
		STREET 2:		BUILDING 100
		CITY:			VICTOR
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			14564

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	CONSTELLATION BRANDS INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20000920

	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:			Stenzel Christopher
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001696770

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-08495
		FILM NUMBER:		17575990

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		207 HIGH POINT DRIVE
		STREET 2:		BUILDING 100
		CITY:			VICTOR
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			14564
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        <footnote id="F1">100% of this option has become exercisable.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">50% of this option has become exercisable; the remaining 50% of the option becomes exercisable on 4/26/2017.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">One-third of this option has become exercisable; the remaining two-thirds of the option becomes exercisable at the rate of 50% per year beginning on 4/28/2017.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">This option becomes exercisable at the rate of 25% per year beginning on the date specified.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">These restricted stock units vest in four equal annual installments beginning on the date specified. Vested shares will be delivered to the reporting person as of each vesting date net of shares withheld to satisfy taxes.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F6">Each restricted stock unit represents a contingent right to receive one share of Constellation Brands, Inc. Class A Common Stock.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F7">All of these restricted stock units vest on the date specified. Vested shares will be delivered to the reporting person as of each vesting date net of shares withheld to satisfy taxes.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F8">All of these restricted stock units vest on the date specified. Vested shares will be delivered to the reporting person as of the vesting date net of shares withheld to satisfy taxes.</footnote>
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    <remarks>stenzelpoa.txt - Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney</remarks>

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<TEXT>
POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, THAT THE UNDERSIGNED HEREBY CONSTITUTES AND APPOINTS
  EACH OF H. ELAINE ZIAKAS, BRIAN S. BENNETT, AND BARBARA J. LAVERDI, 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.

The execution of this Power of Attorney in no way revokes or rescinds any prior
authorizations or designations given by the undersigned with respect to the
undersigned's responsibilities under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
including, but not limited to, the execution and filing of 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 the Company.

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 January 31, 2017.

	/s/ Christopher Stenzel
	------------------------
	    Christopher Stenzel
WITNESS:

Signature:	/s/ Karen J. Cronk

Name:		Karen J. Cronk

Date:		January 31, 2017
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