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Rok Cork

a man standing next to a tree with large pieces of wood in it's hands

Cork Trees: Soft-Skinned Monarchs of the Mediterranean

A cork tree stripped of its bark will be harvested again in nine years—if people are still using cork by then

many sheep are grazing on the grass in this hilly area with rolling hills and trees

Cork trees,Alentejo - Portugal Pelos campos do Alentejo... Sérgio Lamy

a large tree with lots of green leaves on it's trunk and branches in the foreground

The World's Oldest, Largest Cork Tree - The Whistler Tree

THE WORLD’S OLDEST, LARGEST CORK TREE – THE WHISTLER TREE #cork

Knock knock a typical house door from the region #alentejo #portugal where our beautiful premium #cork #leather comes from #madewithlove #sustainablefashion #fairtrade #handmade #artisan #ethicalfashion #vegan #travelphoto #downtoearth #beauty

Rok Cork

a piece of home

an advertisement for a beer in portuguese

Super Bock beer ad in azulejo, Portugal

a lone tree in the middle of a field full of wildflowers

Alentejo

spring meadow with a cork tree in the background, Alentejo, Portugal

The World's Oldest, Largest Cork Tree - The Whistler Tree

The world’s largest #corktree, Alentejo - #PORTUGAL. 230+ years old, producing corks since 1820. It was 5 years old when the first English settlers arrived in Australia, and 6 years old when the French Revolution began in 1789. 1789 bottles of wine sealed with cork in that same year were fairly recently discovered in a French cellar, and both the wines and corks in good condition. Every nine years producing 1T of bark, enough cork for 100,000 wine bottles, weights 102T.