Featured Experience

Honeybees & Sangria at Vinovium

Presented in Partnership With Johnson City Wildflower Festival & Texas Natural Beekeepers Association

Join us from 2-3pm for a Sangria Tasting and Enjoy a Presentation on the Important Role of Honeybees with Keynote Speaker Stéphanie Read, President of Texas Natural Beekeepers Association, tnba.club.

A tasting-style presentation on how bees, vineyards and Texas wildflower work together to support healthy land and beautiful blooms

Stéphanie is a regenerative farmer who blends permaculture and ecological principles to create pollinator sanctuaries rooted in native plant systems that provide reliable forage for honey bees .For the past four years, she has practiced natural, treatment-free beekeeping, guided by the belief that resilient bees begin with healthy ecosystems.

With a background in business development in the tech sector, Stéphanie brings strong skills in networking, education, and collaboration to her work in pollinator health and community building. She now offers Top Bar nucs with locally adapted treatment-free survivor stock, native planting consultations, and one-to-one or small group beekeeping mentorships.

She coordinates our Beekeeping Youth Scholarship Program and also serves in a leadership role with a local nonprofit supporting veterans and first responders. A member of TNBA since 2022, she previously served as Vice President and is honored to step into the role of President for 2026, committed to supporting the organization’s mission and its beekeeping community.