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Got plans for Father’s Day on June 21st? We do! We plan to give away a $100 Whole Foods Market gift card to one lucky winner. Simply post a comment below telling us how we can help make Father’s Day special this year and you’ll be entered to win.

Need some inspiration? We asked some Whole Foods Market Dads what product recommendations they have for making Father’s Day super special.

Now it’s your turn. Post a comment to let us know what products will put Dad’s day over the top for you. Everyone who enters a comment on this post between now and June 14th will be entered to win a $100 Whole Foods Market gift card, selected by random drawing. The winner will be announced in this blog on June 16th. Good luck!

Summer’s FINALLY here, and we at Whole Foods Market are excited to unveil our Top 10 Summer Wine picks! Our buyers literally search the globe for the snazziest, zippiest, tangiest and tastiest wines they can find, and we stack them on our sales floors, sample them with our shoppers where possible, and, of course, buy them ourselves and drink them all summer long. Summer has some great excuses to drink good tasty wines: cookouts, concerts in the park, visits to the beach, sun going down, sun not going down…you get the drift here.

This summer we have included wines from Austria, Tuscany, California and the Napa Valley, Spain, Chile, Germany and Australia. We’ve included cool white varietals like Gruner Veltliner, Verdejo and a tasty Prosecco. We’re featuring some good grilling reds too, like Aussie Shiraz, Napa Merlot and a spicy Tuscan Chianti. Wines to please everybody. And don’t forget the organically grown Rosé – we have you covered there too. These wines will go with anything you cook. Or don’t cook. We think “porch wine” in the summer.

Stop into our wine shops this summer and snag a few of these good tasting wines at a good value. The Top 10’s are priced to please. The quality and selection is top notch, tasty and easy on the wallet. Ask your local wine specialist for regionally available six-pack and case deeper discounts. Enjoy! Learn more about our Top 10 Summer Wines.

Summer is just around the corner and that means more time out in the sun. Whether you’re working, playing or exercising, it’s important to stay well-hydrated! While I prefer cool water (maybe sparkling with a squeeze of fresh lime), many people think of sports drinks, energy drinks and flavored vitamin waters. Granted, they seem sassy and sexy, but have you looked at the labels of some of these popular drinks? They can be packed with sugar, high fructose corn syrup or artificial sweeteners. They often have added salt and caffeine too. Some of them claim to be fruit flavored, but have no fruit or fruit juice added.

The big selling point for many of these sports drinks is the “electrolyte replacement factor.” The electrolytes in your body are sodium, potassium and chloride. These are salts that are needed by your cells to carry electrical impulses to other cells, allowing your muscles and nerves to work properly. Most people get plenty of sodium and potassium through their normal diet. While you always want to replace the fluid you lose from any activity, unless you are really exercising vigorously and sweating a lot, you probably don’t need sports drinks to replace electrolytes. Read the rest of this entry »