EXHIBIT 25.1

                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            Washington, D.C.  20549


                                    FORM T-1


                            Statement of Eligibility
                     Under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939
                     of a Corporation Designated to Act as
                                    Trustee


                      Check if an Application to Determine
                  Eligibility of a Trustee Pursuant to Section
                           305(b)(2) _______________


                         HARRIS TRUST AND SAVINGS BANK
                               (Name of Trustee)
 
         Illinois                                            36-1194448
                                                         (I.R.S. Employer
(State of Incorporation)                                Identification No.)

                111 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois 60603
                    (Address of principal executive offices)


               Daniel G. Donovan, Harris Trust and Savings Bank,
                111 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois, 60603
                                  312-461-2908
           (Name, address and telephone number for agent for service)


                         CANANDAIGUA WINE COMPANY, INC.
                               (Name of Obligor)
 
         Delaware                                            16-0716709
                                                         (I.R.S. Employer
(State of Incorporation)                                Identification No.)

                               116 Buffalo Street
                         Canandaigua, New York   14424
                    (Address of principal executive offices)

                           Senior Subordinated Notes
                        (Title of indenture securities)

 
1.   GENERAL INFORMATION.  Furnish the following information as to the
     Trustee:

     (a)  Name and address of each examining or supervising authority to
          which it is subject.

          Commissioner of Banks and Trust Companies, State of Illinois,
          Springfield, Illinois; Chicago Clearing House Association, 164 West
          Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois; Federal Deposit Insurance
          Corporation, Washington, D.C.; The Board of Governors of the Federal
          Reserve System,Washington, D.C.

     (b)  Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.

          Harris Trust and Savings Bank is authorized to exercise corporate
          trust powers.

2.   AFFILIATIONS WITH OBLIGOR.  If the Obligor is an affiliate of the Trustee,
     describe each such affiliation.
     

          The Obligor is not an affiliate of the Trustee.

3. thru 15.

          NO RESPONSE NECESSARY

16.  LIST OF EXHIBITS.

     1. A copy of the articles of association of the Trustee as now in effect
        which includes the authority of the trustee to commence business and to
        exercise corporate trust powers.

        A copy of the Certificate of Merger dated April 1, 1972 between Harris
        Trust and Savings Bank, HTS Bank and Harris Bankcorp, Inc. which
        constitutes the articles of association of the Trustee as now in effect
        and includes the authority of the Trustee to commence business and to
        exercise corporate trust powers was filed in connection with the
        Registration Statement of Louisville Gas and Electric Company, File No.
        2-44295, and is incorporated herein by reference.

     2. A copy of the existing by-laws of the Trustee.

        A copy of the existing by-laws of the Trustee was filed in connection
        with the Registration Statement of C-Cube Microsystems, Inc., File No.
        33-97166, and is incorporated herein by reference.

     3. The consents of the Trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Act.

            (included as Exhibit A on page 2 of this statement)

     4. A copy of the latest report of condition of the Trustee published
        pursuant to law or the requirements of its supervising or examining
        authority.

            (included as Exhibit B on page 3 of this statement)

 
                                   SIGNATURE


Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, the Trustee,
HARRIS TRUST AND SAVINGS BANK, a corporation organized and existing under the
laws of the State of Illinois, has duly caused this statement of eligibility to
be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in
the City of Chicago, and State of Illinois, on the 15th day of November, 1996.

Harris Trust and Savings Bank


By:  /s/ D.G. Donovan
     ------------------------
     D.G. Donovan
     Assistant Vice President


EXHIBIT A

The consents of the Trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Act.

Harris Trust and Savings Bank, as the Trustee herein named, hereby consents that
reports of examinations of said trustee by Federal and State authorities may be
furnished by such authorities to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon
request therefor.

Harris Trust and Savings Bank


By:  /s/ D.G. Donovan
     ------------------------
     D.G. Donovan
     Assistant Vice President



                                       

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                                                                       EXHIBIT B

Attached is a true and correct copy of the statement of condition of Harris
Trust and Savings Bank as of September 30, 1996, as published in accordance with
a call made by the State Banking Authority and by the Federal Reserve Bank of
the Seventh Reserve District.

                              [LOGO] HARRIS BANK

                         Harris Trust and Savings Bank
                             111 West Monroe Street
                            Chicago, Illinois  60603

of Chicago, Illinois, And Foreign and Domestic Subsidiaries, at the close of
business on September 30, 1996, a state banking institution organized and
operating under the banking laws of this State and a member of the Federal
Reserve System. Published in accordance with a call made by the Commissioner of
Banks and Trust Companies of the State of Illinois and by the Federal Reserve
Bank of this District.

                         Bank's Transit Number 71000288
 
                                                     THOUSANDS
                 ASSETS                              OF DOLLARS

Cash and balances due from depository
institutions:
       Non-interest bearing balances
        and currency and coin..............                 $1,751,494
       Interest bearing balances...........                   $839,856
Securities:
a.  Held-to-maturity securities............                         $0
b.  Available-for-sale securities..........                 $3,137,919
Federal funds sold and securities                         
 purchased under agreements to resell in                    
 domestic offices of the bank and                         
 of its Edge and Agreement                                
 subsidiaries, and in IBF's:                              
       Federal funds sold..................                   $478,625
       Securities purchased under                         
        agreements to resell...............                         $0
Loans and lease financing receivables:                    
       Loans and leases, net of                           
        unearned income....................     $7,897,067  
       LESS:  Allowance for loan and                      
        lease losses........................      $108,949  
                                                ----------  
       Loans and leases, net of                           
        unearned income, allowance, and                      
        reserve (item 4.a minus 4.b).......                 $7,788,118
Assets held in trading accounts............                    $74,302
Premises and fixed assets (including                      
 capitalized leases).......................                   $172,267
Other real estate owned....................                       $142
Investments in unconsolidated
 subsidiaries and associated companies.....                        $60 
Customer's liability to this bank on                      
 acceptances outstanding...................                   $100,950
Intangible assets..........................                   $299,478
Other assets...............................                   $563,022
                                                           -----------
TOTAL ASSETS...............................                $15,206,233
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              LIABILITIES
Deposits:

  In domestic offices...................                   $8,013,146
       Non-interest bearing.............      $3,248,897
       Interest bearing.................      $4,764,249
  In foreign offices, Edge and          
   Agreement subsidiaries, and IBF's....                   $2,055,520
       Non-interest bearing.............         $32,775
       Interest bearing.................      $2,022,745
Federal funds purchased and securities
 sold under agreements to repurchase in
 domestic offices of the bank and of
 its Edge and Agreement subsidiaries,
 and in IBF's:
       Federal funds purchased..........                     $886,457
       Securities sold under agreements 
        to repurchase...................                   $1,841,475
Trading Liabilities                                           $40,157
Other borrowed money:
a.  With remaining maturity of one year 
     or less............................                     $606,331
b.  With remaining maturity of more
     than one year......................                       $9,434
Bank's liability on acceptances         
 executed and outstanding...............                     $100,950
Subordinated notes and debentures.......                     $310,000
Other liabilities.......................                     $186,408
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TOTAL LIABILITIES                                         $14,049,878
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                 EQUITY CAPITAL
Common stock............................                     $100,000
Surplus.................................                     $600,295
a.  Undivided profits and capital       
     reserves...........................                     $486,054
b.  Net unrealized holding gains
     (losses) on available-for-sale
     securities.........................                     ($29,994)
                                              ----------------------- 
TOTAL EQUITY CAPITAL                                       $1,156,355
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Total liabilities, limited-life         
 preferred stock, and equity capital....                  $15,206,233
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     I, Steve Neudecker, Vice President of the above-named bank, do hereby
declare that this Report of Condition has been prepared in conformance with the
instructions issued by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and
is true to the best of my knowledge and belief.

                                STEVE NEUDECKER
                                    10/30/96

     We, the undersigned directors, attest to the correctness of this Report of
Condition and declare that it has been examined by us and, to the best of our
knowledge and belief, has been prepared in conformance with the instructions
issued by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the
Commissioner of Banks and Trust Companies of the State of Illinois and is true
and correct.

          EDWARD W. LYMAN,
          ALAN G. McNALLY,
          MARIBETH S. RAHE
                                                                      Directors.
                                       

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