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From bottle stoppers to rockets: How Portugal is reinventing cork

From bottle stoppers to rockets: How Portugal is reinventing cork

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Published on 11/09/2026 – 15:00 GMT+2 Work begins at dawn in Corticeira Amorim’s cork oak forests. Cork harvesting takes place between late May and August, and much of it is still done by hand. “On average a tree can produce for 170 years, 200 years more or…