Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Borrowings (Details Textual 3)

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Borrowings (Details Textual 3) (Other [Member], USD $)
 0 Months Ended
Sep. 29, 2014
Oct. 01, 2013
Feb. 28, 2015
lender
CBI accounts receivable securitization facility [Member]
      
Short-term Debt [Line Items]      
Accounts receivable securitization facility, Term 364 days 364 days  
Number of lenders     2stz_NumberofLenders
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= stz_AccountsReceivableSecuritizationFacilityMember
/ us-gaap_ShortTermDebtTypeAxis
= us-gaap_NotesPayableOtherPayablesMember
Percentage of holding of the aggregate facility, One 60.00%stz_PercentageHoldingOfAggregateFacilityOne
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= stz_AccountsReceivableSecuritizationFacilityMember
/ us-gaap_ShortTermDebtTypeAxis
= us-gaap_NotesPayableOtherPayablesMember 		   
Percentage of holding of the aggregate facility, Two 40.00%stz_PercentageHoldingOfAggregateFacilityTwo
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= stz_AccountsReceivableSecuritizationFacilityMember
/ us-gaap_ShortTermDebtTypeAxis
= us-gaap_NotesPayableOtherPayablesMember 		   
Basis points margin for borrowings under accounts receivable securitization facility 85.00%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentBasisSpreadOnVariableRate1
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= stz_AccountsReceivableSecuritizationFacilityMember
/ us-gaap_ShortTermDebtTypeAxis
= us-gaap_NotesPayableOtherPayablesMember 		   
Accounts receivable securitization facility, Maximum borrowings one $ 190,000,000.0stz_AccountsReceivableSecuritizationFacilityMaximumBorrowingsOne
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= stz_AccountsReceivableSecuritizationFacilityMember
/ us-gaap_ShortTermDebtTypeAxis
= us-gaap_NotesPayableOtherPayablesMember 		   
Accounts receivable securitization facility, Maximum borrowings two 290,000,000.0stz_AccountsReceivableSecuritizationFacilityMaximumBorrowingsTwo
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= stz_AccountsReceivableSecuritizationFacilityMember
/ us-gaap_ShortTermDebtTypeAxis
= us-gaap_NotesPayableOtherPayablesMember 		   
Crown accounts receivable securitization facility [Member]
      
Short-term Debt [Line Items]      
Accounts receivable securitization facility, Term 364 days 364 days  
Number of lenders     2stz_NumberofLenders
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= stz_CrownAccountsReceivableSecuritizationFacilityMember
/ us-gaap_ShortTermDebtTypeAxis
= us-gaap_NotesPayableOtherPayablesMember
Percentage of holding of the aggregate facility, One 60.00%stz_PercentageHoldingOfAggregateFacilityOne
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= stz_CrownAccountsReceivableSecuritizationFacilityMember
/ us-gaap_ShortTermDebtTypeAxis
= us-gaap_NotesPayableOtherPayablesMember 		   
Percentage of holding of the aggregate facility, Two 40.00%stz_PercentageHoldingOfAggregateFacilityTwo
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= stz_CrownAccountsReceivableSecuritizationFacilityMember
/ us-gaap_ShortTermDebtTypeAxis
= us-gaap_NotesPayableOtherPayablesMember 		   
Basis points margin for borrowings under accounts receivable securitization facility 85.00%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentBasisSpreadOnVariableRate1
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= stz_CrownAccountsReceivableSecuritizationFacilityMember
/ us-gaap_ShortTermDebtTypeAxis
= us-gaap_NotesPayableOtherPayablesMember 		   
Accounts receivable securitization facility, Maximum borrowings one 100,000,000.0stz_AccountsReceivableSecuritizationFacilityMaximumBorrowingsOne
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= stz_CrownAccountsReceivableSecuritizationFacilityMember
/ us-gaap_ShortTermDebtTypeAxis
= us-gaap_NotesPayableOtherPayablesMember 		   
Accounts receivable securitization facility, Maximum borrowings two $ 160,000,000.0stz_AccountsReceivableSecuritizationFacilityMaximumBorrowingsTwo
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= stz_CrownAccountsReceivableSecuritizationFacilityMember
/ us-gaap_ShortTermDebtTypeAxis
= us-gaap_NotesPayableOtherPayablesMember