Portugal is the world’s leading producer of cork. In 2023, cork exports achieved a record value of €1.2 billion, 75 percent of which came from cork stoppers, according to APCOR, the Portuguese ...
At dawn in the Alentejo, the fields glow gold and the air hums with cicadas. Men with axes move through the cork oaks, slicing into the bark with surgical precision. The first strike is quiet, ...
CORUCHE, Portugal – The rhythmic noise of axes whacking trees echoes in the depths of the cork oak forest. But in Coruche, a rural area south of the Tagus River known as Portugal’s “cork capital,” the ...
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