AMENDMENT NO. 4/SOP

AMENDMENT NO. 4 TO THE
CANANDAIGUA WINE COMPANY, INC.
STOCK OPTION AND STOCK
APPRECIATION RIGHT PLAN

Pursuant to Paragraph 15 of the Company's Stock Option and
Stock Appreciation Right Plan (the "Plan"), the Board of Directors
hereby amends the Plan, effective October 28, 1993, as set forth
below; provided that if the stockholders of the Company fail to
approve and ratify this Amendment at the next Annual Meeting of
stockholders of the Company, then this Amendment shall be null and
void and any options granted pursuant to this Amendment shall be
automatically cancelled.
Paragraph 3 of the Plan is amended to read as follows:
3. STOCK SUBJECT TO OPTIONS AND SARs. Subject to the
provisions of Section 11 hereof, options may be granted under
the Plan to purchase, and SARs may be granted with respect
to, in the aggregate, not more than three million (3,000,000)
Shares. The Shares may, in the discretion of the Board of
Directors of the Company, consist either in whole or in part
of authorized but unissued Shares or Shares held in the
treasury of the Company, and the Shares may, in the
discretion of the Committee, become subject to incentive
stock options, non-statutory stock options, or SARs. Any
Shares subject to an option or SAR which for any reason
expires or is terminated unexercised or without maturing as
to such Shares shall continue to be available for options or
SARs under the Plan.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Canandaigua Wine Company, Inc. has caused
this instrument to be executed as of the 28th day of October,
1993.

CANANDAIGUA WINE COMPANY, INC.


By: ________________________

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