EXHIBIT 99.2
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             STATEMENT UNDER OATH OF PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER OF
    CONSTELLATION BRANDS, INC. REGARDING FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES RELATING TO
                              EXCHANGE ACT FILINGS


I, Thomas S. Summer, 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/ Thomas S. Summer
- ----------------------------              Subscribed and sworn to before me this
Thomas S. Summer                          21st day of August 2002.
Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer                   /s/ Kimberly Wygal
Dated:  August 21, 2002                   --------------------------------------
                                          Notary Public
                                          My Commission Expires: August 21, 2002

                                                    KIMBERLY WYGAL
                                                 Commission # 1191002
                                              Notary Public - California
                                                    Monterey County
                                            My Comm. Expires Aug 21, 2002