- Half of the world's
cork wine stoppers come from Portugal'scork oak trees. - These trees are protected under Portuguese law, so they can only be harvested every nine years.
- We visit the Alentejo forests to see how the cork bark is harvested so it doesn't hurt the trees.
How 40 million cork wine stoppers a day are harvested in Portugal
Abby Narishkin,Amelia Kosciulek,Victoria Barranco
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