Popular teenage coming of age drink and staple vitamin intake among divorced 45+ women. Mostly enjoyed on weekends and bad Christmas lunches when visiting extended family.
Slightly more professional version of the cheaper but deceptively weaker "Chardon" at $5.99. Designed for the discerning underage drinking tart who don't realise that if they paid the extra $2 ($7.99 - full price at Foodtown), they would receive a full strength bottle of sparkling, sweet wine. Bernadino comes with money back guarantee of waking up in a strange place with a thumping headache and absolutely no recollection of what happened to their knickers.
Economic indicator
The popularity of Bernadino has stayed consistent throughout the decades.
It has been noticed that annual sales rise and fall depending on national economic strength. Recently the Bernadino Income Index has been adopted as a key leading economic indicator of New Zealand's domestic production.
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