THE FOLLOWING REPORT IS A COPY OF A REPORT PREVIOUSLY ISSUED BY ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP AND HAS NOT BEEN REISSUED BY ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP. AS DESCRIBED IN NOTE 2 TO THE ACCOMPANYING CONSOLI- DATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, IN THE YEAR ENDED FEBRUARY 28, 2003, THE COMPANY ADOPTED THE PROVI- SIONS OF EMERGING ISSUES TASK FORCE ISSUE NO. 01-9, ACCOUNTING FOR CONSIDERATION GIVEN BY A VEN- DOR TO A CUSTOMER, WHICH REQUIRED RECLASSIFICATION OF CERTAIN CONSUMER AND TRADE PROMOTION- AL EXPENSES IN CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME FOR THE YEAR ENDED FEBRUARY 28, 2002. ALSO, IN THE YEAR ENDED FEBRUARY 28, 2003, THE COMPANY ADOPTED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING STAN- DARDS NO. 142, GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS (SFAS NO. 142). INCLUDED IN NOTE 5 ARE TRANSI- TIONAL DISCLOSURES FOR THE YEAR ENDED FEBRUARY 28, 2002 THAT ARE REQUIRED BY SFAS NO. 142. IN THE YEAR ENDED FEBRUARY 29, 2004, THE COMPANY ADOPTED THE PROVISIONS OF STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING STANDARDS NO. 145, RESCISSION OF FASB STATEMENTS NO. 4, 44, AND 64, AMENDMENT OF FASB STATEMENT NO. 13, AND TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS, WHICH REQUIRES THE RECLASSIFICATION OF THE EXTRA- ORDINARY LOSS RELATED TO THE EXTINGUISHMENT OF DEBT RECORDED IN THE YEAR ENDED FEBRUARY 28, 2002, BY INCREASING SELLING, GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES AND DECREASING THE PROVISION FOR INCOME TAXES. NOTES 2 AND 11 REFLECT THE ADJUSTMENTS TO THE CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF INCOME AND DISCLOSURE FOR INCOME TAXES FOR THE YEAR ENDED FEBRUARY 28, 2002. ALSO, AS DESCRIBED IN NOTE 1 TO THE ACCOMPANYING CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, IN THE YEAR ENDED FEBRUARY 28, 2003, THE COMPANY ADJUSTED THE PRO FORMA DISCLOSURE OF NET INCOME AND EARNINGS PER COM- MON SHARE RELATED TO STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION FOR THE YEAR ENDED FEBRUARY 28, 2002 FROM THE AMOUNTS ORIGINALLY REPORTED. LASTLY, AS DESCRIBED IN NOTE 22 TO THE ACCOMPANYING CONSOLIDAT- ED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, IN THE YEAR ENDED FEBRUARY 29, 2004, THE COMPANY CHANGED THE COMPOSI- TION OF ITS REPORTABLE SEGMENTS. AMOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED FEBRUARY 28, 2002, HAVE BEEN RESTAT- ED TO CONFORM TO THE CURRENT COMPOSITION OF REPORTABLE SEGMENTS. THE ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP REPORT DOES NOT EXTEND TO THESE CHANGES IN THE 2002 CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. THE TRANSITIONAL DISCLOSURES IN AND THE ADJUSTMENTS TO THE FISCAL 2002 CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATE- MENTS WERE REPORTED ON BY KPMG LLP AS STATED IN THEIR REPORT APPEARING HEREIN. To Constellation Brands, Inc.: We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Constellation Brands, Inc. (a Delaware corporation) and sub- sidiaries as of February 28, 2002 and February 28, 2001, and the related consolidated statements of income, changes in stockhold- ers’ equity and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended February 28, 2002. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of mate- rial misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion. In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Constellation Brands, Inc. and subsidiaries as of February 28, 2002 and February 28, 2001, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended February 28, 2002 in conformity with accounting principles gener- ally accepted in the United States. REPORT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE Information required in this Annual Report for changes in and disagreements with accountants on accounting and financial dis- closure has been previously reported in the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated April 4, 2002, and Form 8-K/A filed May 24, 2002.  80 Rochester, New York April 9, 2002