Exhibit 23





                           Consent of Independent Auditors
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          The Board of Directors
          Heublein Inc.:

          We consent to  the incorporation by reference in the registration
          statement (No. 33-26694) on Form  S-8, as amended, of Canandaigua
          Wine  Company, Inc.  of our  report dated  August 31,  1994, with
          respect to  the Heublein Inc. and Affiliates  statement of assets
          and   liabilities  related  to  the  product  lines  acquired  by
          Canandaigua  Wine Company,  Inc. as  of August  5, 1994,  and the
          related statements  of identified  income and  expenses and  cash
          flows  for each  of  the  years in  the  three-year period  ended
          September 30, 1993,  which report appears in the  Amendment No. 1
          to Form  8-K of  Canandaigua Wine Company,  Inc. dated  August 5,
          1994 as filed on September 7, 1994.

          Our report refers to a change in the  method of applying overhead
          to inventory.

                                                      KPMG Peat Marwick LLP

          Hartford, Connecticut
          September 7, 1994