Where are the natural cork for wine Bashny.Net

Spain and Portugal are the world leaders since ancient times for the production of wine corks, without losing the position even now, in the days of plastic, for quality wine is still clog the plugs from the bark of cork oak.

Most mass production is concentrated in the south of Spain, in the region of Los Alcornocales. Cork oak, cultivated in the local forests and exported to countries where wine is produced, is almost indispensable in view of the unique crust. It is collected from one tree every nine years by conventional methods of used hundreds of years ago.

Then use the "arrero" (cabs on donkeys and horses) bark is transported to the factories where the raw material is prepared from the final product - an ordinary plug.

Local photojournalist Pablo Dominguez Blaskes captures the entire production chain, from harvesting to the finished cork.

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