EXHIBIT 99.1
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             STATEMENT UNDER OATH OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF
    CONSTELLATION BRANDS, INC. REGARDING FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES RELATING TO
                              EXCHANGE ACT FILINGS


I, Richard Sands, state and attest that:

(1)     To  the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the covered reports
        of Constellation   Brands,   Inc.  ("Constellation"),  and,  except   as
        corrected  or  supplemented  in  a  subsequent  covered  report:

        -     no  covered  report contained an  untrue  statement of a  material
              fact as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the
              case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as  of
              the date on which it was filed); and

        -     no  covered  report omitted to state a material fact necessary  to
              make  the  statements  in  the  covered  report,  in light of  the
              circumstances under which they were made, not misleading as of the
              end  of  the  period  covered  by such report (or in the case of a
              report on  Form 8-K  or definitive proxy materials, as of the date
              on  which  it  was  filed).

(2)     I  have  reviewed  the  contents  of this statement with Constellation's
        audit  committee.

(3)     In  this  statement  under  oath,  each of the following, if filed on or
        before  the  date  of  this  statement,  is  a  "covered  report":

        -     Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended  February 28,
              2002 of Constellation;

        -     all  reports  on  Form  10-Q,  all reports  on  Form 8-K   and all
              definitive  proxy  materials  of  Constellation  filed  with   the
              Commission subsequent to the filing of the  Form  10-K  identified
              above;  and

        -     any  amendments  to  any  of  the  foregoing.


/s/ Richard Sands
- --------------------------------          Subscribed and sworn to before me this
Richard Sands                             21st day of August 2002.
Chairman of the Board, President
and Chief Executive Officer               /s/ H. Elaine Farry
Dated: August 21, 2002                    --------------------------------------
                                          Notary Public
                                          My Commission Expires: May 10, 2003

                                                 H. ELAINE FARRY
                                          Notary Public, State of New York
                                             Qualified in Monroe County
                                          Commission Expires May 10, 2003
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