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Stockholders' Equity (Details 1) (USD $)
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12 Months Ended | 23 Months Ended | 11 Months Ended | ||
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Feb. 28, 2013
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Feb. 28, 2013
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Feb. 28, 2013
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Apr. 30, 2011
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Apr. 30, 2012
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| Equity, Class of Treasury Stock [Line Items] | |||||
| Dollar Value of Shares Repurchased | $ 383,000,000us-gaap_TreasuryStockValueAcquiredCostMethod | ||||
| Class A and Class B [Member] | 2012 Authorization [Member] | |||||
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| Repurchase Authorization |
500,000,000.0us-gaap_StockRepurchaseProgramAuthorizedAmount1 / us-gaap_ShareRepurchaseProgramAxis = stz_TwoThousandTwelveShareRepurchaseProgramMember / us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis = stz_ClassaAndClassBMember |
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| Class A and Class B [Member] | 2013 Authorization [Member] | |||||
| Equity, Class of Treasury Stock [Line Items] | |||||
| Repurchase Authorization |
1,000,000,000.0us-gaap_StockRepurchaseProgramAuthorizedAmount1 / us-gaap_ShareRepurchaseProgramAxis = stz_TwoThousandThirteenShareRepurchaseProgramMember / us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis = stz_ClassaAndClassBMember |
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| Class A Common Stock [Member] | 2012 Authorization [Member] | |||||
| Equity, Class of Treasury Stock [Line Items] | |||||
| Dollar Value of Shares Repurchased |
86,300,000us-gaap_TreasuryStockValueAcquiredCostMethod / us-gaap_ShareRepurchaseProgramAxis = stz_TwoThousandTwelveShareRepurchaseProgramMember / us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis = us-gaap_CommonClassAMember |
500,000,000us-gaap_TreasuryStockValueAcquiredCostMethod / us-gaap_ShareRepurchaseProgramAxis = stz_TwoThousandTwelveShareRepurchaseProgramMember / us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis = us-gaap_CommonClassAMember |
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| Number of Shares Repurchased |
3,970,481us-gaap_TreasuryStockSharesAcquired / us-gaap_ShareRepurchaseProgramAxis = stz_TwoThousandTwelveShareRepurchaseProgramMember / us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis = us-gaap_CommonClassAMember |
25,204,747us-gaap_TreasuryStockSharesAcquired / us-gaap_ShareRepurchaseProgramAxis = stz_TwoThousandTwelveShareRepurchaseProgramMember / us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis = us-gaap_CommonClassAMember |
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| Average Price Per Share |
$ 19.84us-gaap_TreasuryStockAcquiredAverageCostPerShare / us-gaap_ShareRepurchaseProgramAxis = stz_TwoThousandTwelveShareRepurchaseProgramMember / us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis = us-gaap_CommonClassAMember |
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| Class A Common Stock [Member] | 2013 Authorization [Member] | |||||
| Equity, Class of Treasury Stock [Line Items] | |||||
| Dollar Value of Shares Repurchased |
$ 296,700,000us-gaap_TreasuryStockValueAcquiredCostMethod / us-gaap_ShareRepurchaseProgramAxis = stz_TwoThousandThirteenShareRepurchaseProgramMember / us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis = us-gaap_CommonClassAMember |
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| Number of Shares Repurchased |
14,023,985us-gaap_TreasuryStockSharesAcquired / us-gaap_ShareRepurchaseProgramAxis = stz_TwoThousandThirteenShareRepurchaseProgramMember / us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis = us-gaap_CommonClassAMember |
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| Average Price Per Share |
$ 21.15us-gaap_TreasuryStockAcquiredAverageCostPerShare / us-gaap_ShareRepurchaseProgramAxis = stz_TwoThousandThirteenShareRepurchaseProgramMember / us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis = us-gaap_CommonClassAMember |
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Amount of stock repurchase plan authorized. No definition available.
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Total cost of shares repurchased divided by the total number of shares repurchased. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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Number of shares that have been repurchased during the period and are being held in treasury. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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Equity impact of the cost of common and preferred stock that were repurchased during the period. Recorded using the cost method. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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