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This product doesn't look to be available in Australia but it's making huge gains in the States.  If you're a TV addict you'd probably know there's a show on air called True Blood.  The storyline is based on humans and vampires co-existing in society all since the advent of a synthetic blood substitute.  We'll the creators got creative and launched a product called Tru-Blood to take advantage of the hype, the base of the product is a carbonated blood orange soft drink which is apparently very tasty.  Here's a mixer based on the Tru-Blood or if you're really inspired, you can squeeze two Redbelly™ blood oranges into 500ml's of mineral water and follow any recipe you find.

There's noting more Spanish I believe than a Sangria.  The first time I tried one was walking by the bars at Puerto Olympico in the beautiful City of Barcelona.  I'm not saying that historically Sangria was made with blood oranges but the jug I shared with friends were with made with my beloved fruit.

Here's an article I came across that made me remember those days travelling around Europe: http://bellehaven.patch.com/articles/fall-sangria