Every Bottle Tells a Story
Track the Sharks Your Wine Protects.
Every Mako & Vine bottle is connected to real, living sharks — tagged and tracked by the Bimini Shark Lab.
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Meet Your Shark.
Every Mako & Vine bottle comes with a QR code on the back label. Scan it and you'll be introduced to a real, living shark — tagged and tracked by the Bimini Biological Field Station in Bimini, Bahamas. Follow its movements. Watch the research your wine is funding.
The QR code appears on the back label of every Mako & Vine bottle.
How It Works
From Bottle to Ocean.
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Every Mako & Vine bottle comes with a QR code on the back label.
Scan the Code
Point your phone camera at the QR code to connect to the Bimini Shark Lab's tracking platform.
Meet Your Shark
See a real tagged shark — its name, species, location, and the research your bottle is funding.
Species We Protect
The Sharks Behind the Label.
The Bimini Shark Lab studies and protects multiple shark species. These are the animals your wine is helping protect.
The Apex Predator
Lemon Shark
Negaprion brevirostris
The lemon shark is the primary study species at the Bimini Shark Lab. Researchers have tracked individual lemon sharks for decades, building one of the longest longitudinal datasets on any shark species in the world.
"Lemon sharks return to their birthplace to give birth — a behavior called natal philopatry."
The Deep Diver
Great Hammerhead
Sphyrna mokarran
One of the ocean's most iconic and endangered species. The great hammerhead's distinctive cephalofoil gives it a 360-degree field of vision and extraordinary electroreception — making it one of the ocean's most effective hunters.
"Great hammerheads can detect the electrical fields of prey buried under sand using their ampullae of Lorenzini."
The Reef Guardian
Nurse Shark
Ginglymostoma cirratum
Nurse sharks are a common sight in the shallow waters around Bimini. Slow-moving and bottom-dwelling, they play a critical role in reef ecosystems — and are frequently encountered by Bimini Shark Lab researchers.
"Nurse sharks are one of the few shark species that can rest motionless on the seafloor — they can pump water over their gills without swimming."
The Open Ocean Wanderer
Bull Shark
Carcharhinus leucas
Bull sharks are among the most adaptable sharks on earth — capable of surviving in both salt and fresh water. They are frequently tagged and tracked by the Bimini Shark Lab as part of broader coastal ecosystem research.
"Bull sharks have been found thousands of miles up freshwater rivers, including the Amazon and Mississippi."
The Science Behind the Label
Bimini Biological Field Station.
The Bimini Biological Field Station was founded in 1990 by Dr. Samuel Gruber. In the decades since, it has become one of the most productive marine research institutions in the world — producing 25+ PhDs, 40+ Master's degrees, and hundreds of peer-reviewed publications. $1 from every Mako & Vine bottle goes directly to this work.
1990
Founded
9,000+
Sharks Tagged
25+
PhDs Produced
$1
Per Bottle, Every Bottle
Your Bottle Is Already Doing This.
Every purchase directly funds the research, the scientists, and the sharks.