Page 1 of 5 Pages UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 SCHEDULE 13G Under the Securities exchange Act of 1934 (Amendment No. 1)* CONSTELLATION BRANDS INC ----------------------------------------------------- (NAME OF ISSUER) COM NEW ----------------------------------------------------- (TITLE OF CLASS OF SECURITIES) 21036P108 ----------------------------------------------------- (CUSIP NUMBER) December 31, 2011 ----------------------------------------------------- (Date of event which requires filing of this Statement) Check the appropriate box to designate the rule pursuant to which this Schedule is filed: X Rule 13d-1(b) Rule 13d-1(c) Rule 13d-1(d) * The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person's initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter the disclosures provided in a prior cover page. The information required in the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be 'filed' for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ('Act') or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes). (CONTINUED ON FOLLOWING PAGE(S)) CUSIP NO. 21036P108 13G Page 2 of 5 Pages 1. NAME OF REPORTING PERSON S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON AllianceBernstein LP 13-3434400 2. CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP * (A) [ ] (B) [X] 3. SEC USE ONLY 4. CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION State of Delaware NUMBER OF SHARES 5. SOLE VOTING POWER 12,984,305 BENEFICIALLY OWNED AS OF 6. SHARED VOTING POWER 0 December 31, 2011 BY EACH 7. SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER 16,546,324 REPORTING PERSON WITH: 8. SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER 6,606 9. AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH 16,552,930 REPORTING PERSON (Not to be construed as an admission of beneficial ownership) 10. CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES * [X] 11. PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9 9.3% 12. TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON * IA * SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT! CUSIP NO. 21036P108 13G Page 3 of 5 Pages Item 1(a) Name of Issuer: CONSTELLATION BRANDS INC Item 1(b) Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices: 207 High Point Drive, Building 100 Victor, NY 14564- Item 2(a) and (b) Name of Person Filing and Address of Principal Business Office: AllianceBernstein L.P 1345 Avenue of the Americas NewYork, N.Y. 10105 (All media outlets, please contact John Meyers at AllianceBernstein (212-969-2301) with any questions. All other questions can be directed to Raymond Mandra at AllianceBernstein. ) Item 2(c) Citizenship: Delaware Item 2(d) Title of Class of Securities: COM NEW Item 2(e) Cusip Number: 21036P108 Item 3. Type of Reporting Person: Registered Investment Advisor 13G Page 4 of 5 Pages Item 4. Ownership as of 12/31/2011 (a) Amount Beneficially Owned: 16,552,930 shares of common stock acquired solely for investment purposes on behalf of client discretionary investment advisory accounts* (b) Percent of Class: 9.3% (c) Deemed Voting Power and Disposition Power: