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EXHIBIT 27 Canandaigua Wine Company, Inc. and Subsidiaries Financial Data Schedule This schedule contains summary financial information extracted from the Company's financial statements for the Quarter ended November 30, 1995 and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such financial statements.

0000016918 CANANDAIGUA WINE COMPANY, INC. 1,000 4-MOS FEB-29-1996 NOV-30-1995 1,294 0 191,671 0 368,597 586,448 333,975 84,605 1,098,990 337,905 337,808 214 0 0 362,768 1,098,990 285,585 285,585 208,332 208,332 0 0 8,157 17,354 6,942 10,412 0 0 0 10,412 0.52 0.52