Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Property, Plant and Equipment (Details)

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Property, Plant and Equipment (Details) (USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
Feb. 28, 2015
Feb. 28, 2014
Feb. 28, 2013
Components of property, plant and equipment      
Property, plant and equipment, gross $ 3,731.8us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross $ 2,939.0us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross  
Less – Accumulated depreciation (1,050.2)us-gaap_AccumulatedDepreciationDepletionAndAmortizationPropertyPlantAndEquipment (924.7)us-gaap_AccumulatedDepreciationDepletionAndAmortizationPropertyPlantAndEquipment  
Property, plant and equipment 2,681.6us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet 2,014.3us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet 1,229.0us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet
Land and land improvements [Member]      
Components of property, plant and equipment      
Property, plant and equipment, gross 350.1us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_LandAndLandImprovementsMember
334.0us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_LandAndLandImprovementsMember
 
Vineyards [Member]      
Components of property, plant and equipment      
Property, plant and equipment, gross 230.2us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= stz_VineyardsMember
220.1us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= stz_VineyardsMember
 
Buildings and improvements [Member]      
Components of property, plant and equipment      
Property, plant and equipment, gross 580.3us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_BuildingAndBuildingImprovementsMember
519.5us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_BuildingAndBuildingImprovementsMember
 
Machinery and equipment [Member]      
Components of property, plant and equipment      
Property, plant and equipment, gross 1,828.4us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_MachineryAndEquipmentMember
1,585.9us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_MachineryAndEquipmentMember
 
Motor vehicles [Member]      
Components of property, plant and equipment      
Property, plant and equipment, gross 73.2us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_OtherTransportationEquipmentMember
48.5us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_OtherTransportationEquipmentMember
 
Construction in progress [Member]      
Components of property, plant and equipment      
Property, plant and equipment, gross $ 669.6us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_ConstructionInProgressMember
$ 231.0us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_ConstructionInProgressMember