How 40 Million Cork Wine Stoppers Are Harvested A Day | Big Business

Half of the world's cork wine stoppers come from Portugal's cork oak trees. These trees are so important to the country's ecosystem and economy, they're protected under Portuguese law. We went inside the forests of Alentejo to see how the cork bark is carefully harvested every nine years so it doesn't hurt the trees. This footage was filmed in 2019, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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How 40 Million Cork Wine Stoppers Are Harvested A Year | Big Business

[@brunomanco7529]

We have a saying here: plant eucalyptus tree and the money its for you. Plant pine trees and its for your sons. Plant cork trees and its for your grandsons

[@brunomanco7529]

@jasheed albahari portugal

[@tonis204]

That's beautiful. Thinking of the next generations.

[@Abhinav-ic9es]

Plant tress for Earth :)

[@mossthebryophyter]

@@brunomanco7529 Wait, why the Eucalyptus trees

[@brunomanco7529]

@@mossthebryophyter we can plant the eucaliptus and sell the wood in 7 years. The pine trees in 15 years. The cork in 60

[@moonie2573]

It’s so good to a Portugal citizen to see that people care and make videos about our traditions my dad actually owns a business about cork and it makes me so proud that people are watching this video and are interested a big hug for you all

[@midnightkt5133]

*gives virtual hug* hope you and your family are thriving during the pandemic :)

[@moonie2573]

@Federal Bureau of Investigation please come when everything is okay the doors are open !!

[@kika5148]

Pensei a mesma coisa 🥰

[@hariprasadkakarla9424]

Share the with a tree 🌲 witch your culture depand on

[@nitink.a567]

Send me a cork, signed by Cristiano Ronaldo 😂😝

[@dennylam269]

Now that’s is an industry in balance with nature. Please don’t change.

[@julyjet2421]

How? I think its stupid to hurt trees to close alcohol bottles. Trees are majestic creatures being used for useless shit. Maybe for every chopped up tree, plant another

[@dennylam269]

@@julyjet2421 Not sure what you watched. But them hand harvesting was to preserve the tree, so that they can harvest it year after year.

[@H4L999]

@@julyjet2421 its literally a tree man, and it doesn't even kill it there was a tree they had harvested 20 times

[@hooman8100]

@@julyjet2421 hello Professor

[@athensmorningstar7809]

@@julyjet2421 bruh- They are literally just like peeling off old dead parts of the tree-

[@StrokaReviews]

I admire the fact that the process doesn't involve killing the trees.

[@dimaisatree]

Exactly what I was thinking 🌳

[@jakob4414]

Which industry involved killing the trees other than gathering lumber?

[@NoName-mi8bm]

@@jakob4414 farming in the rainforest.

[@dimaisatree]

@@jakob4414 toilet paper and regular paper just two off the top of my head

[@azmanabas8425]

@@jakob4414 Japanese daisugi technique harvest straight log without chopping the whole trees

[@Damerion]

Lowkey satisfying watching them take that layer of the tree off.

[@ykMMD]

Was thinking the same hahaha

[@hitsongsa]

Ikr

[@RIFLQ]

I'm the 500 likes!

[@S_Carol]

Very. The tree also goes from super rough and rubbery to really smooth and velvety to the touch 😌

[@UNKNOWN-zr5rz]

Naw really

[@joffrecueva5662]

money does grow on trees.

[@rakerzako]

I mean bill money is made out of paper

[@father2mother3]

@@rakerzako technically they're made of cotton and other fabric

[@Ok-fj4mv]

@@father2mother3 your so technical you could be a technical truck

[@ricardonesmith2318]

S T O N K S

[@nahyankamale9989]

@@Ok-fj4mv technicality is technical

[@charliepea]

Their cork harvesting looks so cool. It feels like shearing sheep- bark just grows and then harvest after years.

[@sol2544]

Heck, I'd do that for a job if it payed good. Almost looks fun

[@Volleyball_Chess_and_Geoguessr]

that's what I thought!

[@MisstressMourtisha]

Bark=skin

[@tuclance]

@@sol2544 They get 80 dollas an hour, can work as many hours as they want or as little. and 14weeks payed vacation.

[@erenjaeger5182]

Man eaters too think the same when they peel our skin.

[@andrewstamford1988]

After 30 years, the cork trees I planted at my home from acorns finally gave me little acorns of their own. I never thought I would get to see it, that I'd be gone before it did. If I plant these, then I probably won't get to see the grand kids! Brought a tear to my eye though, my babies are all grown up now...

[@marinarosario8855]

There is saying in montado (the name of a sobreiro forest) in the lines of: " You sow the Acorn, you son sharps the axes, and you grandson will collect cork". You're doing it right

[@wayzUX]

But your grandkids will see them and think: My grandpa planted these 30 years ago!

[@andrewstamford1988]

I wont tell them about it until they're much older.

[@andrewstamford1988]

@@marinarosario8855 I like that saying 👏👍

[@vishalgiraddi5357]

I thought cork were just made from discarded wood pallets I didn't know cork trees actually existed lol 😂😂

[@APAstronaut333]

Now you’re smarter than a tree When will you stop

[@nitink.a567]

Same😂

[@LucidDreamer54321]

The trees are in the same region where they have raisin bushes.

[@rodrigomacedo6819]

És mesmo sobreiro

[@Andrew-hh3ol]

Cork is actually a dying species as a wine makers that’s why they can be expensive

[@sophiavega3990]

I love how they reuse the trees and don’t chop down the trees

[@renurathod3603]

exactly

[@CoolClipsAnimations]

Yea

[@firmanhermawan7176]

They must wait for decades for new trees to be ready to be harvested. Why should they chop down them.

[@lordpowell3788]

I mean they can't if it was more efficient they would make no mistake nobody cares about these trees they care about how the trees are useful. Because their useful like all things animals plans pigs sheeps trees fungus it doesn't matter if humans find it useful we will propagate protected in spread it across the globe for our use. If it's not useful will make Room for something that is.

[@martinjohn5113]

But the tree will dead man ...if he loos the skin

[@emileneslo5695]

33 years. So my unborn son has a job waiting for him. I'll tell him when he's born.

[@xeonome1]

Son, you were born to be a cork cutter.

[@SkyFlaks]

I thought you're gonna skin your son

[@nanu7750]

@@xeonome1 😂😂😂

[@empty_world3397]

@@xeonome1 33 years later Son : "welcome to my truetube channel"

[@adampaul3607]

I Thought cork were just made from discarded wood pallets I didn't know cork actually existed lol😂😂

[@wildlifesafari3549]

Now you're smarter than a tree When Will you stop

[@jordanbella6765]

Everything in this life is possible, just determination and hard work

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@@jordanbella6765 you can't do it all by yourself, you need an expert who will guide you step by step.

[@conradmadeira5814]

“Hey Siri set timer 15 years”

[@daayamartinez9900]

XD omg

[@mohamedhassanjeilani2259]

ههههههههههههههههههههه

[@jazib8589]

😆

[@stevenhill6939]

“A good wine is expensive to the cork”

[@lilpogchamp4904]

Ha

[@verounbhim3631]

And a "good cork is expensive the wine" Idk it sounded better in my head

[@mandysantos3677]

It's add a good taste and aroma to a wine especially when you store it upside-down.🍾🍾🥂🥂🍷🍷

[@jaimesantos13]

Can tell you, that is true. The cork at the factory they show in the video are separated by quality. The less holes it has(more dense) the more expensive it gets

[@lowkeybear10]

Veroun Bhim you don't understand. I would explain but your pfp scares me.

[@RevJamesCostello]

I went on a guided tour of the Portuguese countryside in early 2020 and the guide gave a one hour talk on the cork oak trees, its uses and how proud the country is of the industry.

[@bruhmiroruelas5324]

Damn that must have been boring af. Our guide only talked about it for like 10 mins

[@RevJamesCostello]

@@bruhmiroruelas5324 No, it was fairly interesting. The young lads with us asked a number of questions, which he gave detailed answers, so that is why it may have lasted longer than average.

[@heldersilva6672]

Curious and beautiful facts about this industry and these trees (Quercus Sauber): - The trees that are peeled for cork, actualy tend to live much longer and stronger than the non-peeled ones. This is because removing the old dead bark every 9 years helps the tree to regenerate a better and stronger bark, therefore keeping the tree more healthy. Its a simbiose industry. - The first cork peeling of a tree is only made after the first 15 years of its life. Then, its repeated every 9 years. - Quality of cork bark improves with age (number of peelings in life). Basically, the older the tree, the better quality of the cork. This also shows how this industry helps the tree being more healthy. - In Portugal, these trees are called Sobreiro. Its the National tree by definition. They are protected by law and chopping down one of these trees can get you in real trouble.

[@kayagorzan]

Very interesting stuff

[@everponderingstar]

I legit though corks were completely fabricated and manufactured. Knowing they aren't is really interesting.

[@johnnooyen461]

I had known they were wood, but as a kid I thought they were the actual wood of the tree and not the bark, guess there are many small things to learn out there!

[@tanto2868]

h

[@________-by2px]

There are synthetic imitations too, real cork is used for traditional wines, cheap industrial wines bottle usualy have plastic imitations.

[@csteegs8681]

Same lol

[@omarfelix8860]

Same here I learned something new

[@logwell1]

So nice to see old traditions alive in our days, and actually generating real value for those communities. Great job, Portugal, caralho!

[@iamchillydogg]

It's crazy there's this one plant that's perfect for this one purpose.

[@kyle1751]

Rubber comes from trees too and if there's ever a blight for those trees it would crash the global economy because rubber is so important to us, for example tires. Without rubber, cars, trucks, and planes would be useless until we find a suitable alternative. Synthetic rubber can't currently sustain the heat tires can get to.

[@daleval2182]

Jesus enjoyed a glass of wine on occasion

[@flupsdarups3897]

@Lyke i thought rubber came from crude oil like plastic

[@daleval2182]

@@flupsdarups3897 most does, but speciality rubber still harvested the old fashion way, like medical applications

[@flupsdarups3897]

@@daleval2182 cool

[@PuffyOne1898]

It’s cool seeing where cork comes from. I’m a musical instrument repair technician, and we frequently have to use cork for things like woodwind keys, saxophone necks, and “spit valves” on brass instruments.

[@chicagotypewriter2094]

Dont you dare call them water keys! (Sincerely a trombone player)

[@ANPC-pi9vu]

Cork scraps can also be mixed with a silicon and formed into material for making water proof boots, wallets, flooring, etc. It's really neat.

[@xxportalxx.]

Yeah it looks kinda gross tho, on shoes at least

[@plo_plot1915]

@@xxportalxx. products made from cork are not the prettiest but in portugal you can find everything made from cork

[@xxportalxx.]

@@plo_plot1915 oh yeah? What kinds of everything if you got a sec?

[@plo_plot1915]

@@xxportalxx. umbrellas, pen drive, coin purses, washbasins, soap dish, notebooks ...

[@marinarosario8855]

@@xxportalxx. They are also used as smartphone covers, antibacterial insoles, insulation, backpacks, etc...

[@ChrisdaSilvaWorldwide]

Business Insider in a parallel universe... Title: How Cork trees exfoliate, and why that's a good thing.

[@leonardojacobo8411]

He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.

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I think the pandemic has taught people the importance of multipLe stream of income, unfortunately having a job doesn't mean financial freedom or security

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Ever since I Lost my job with the ministry,I have been surviving through my investment with him, am so glad I invested when I did

[@brendanfair2322]

Investment is that tiny Line that separates the rich from the Poor

[@mugala1]

These farms & the cork factories are a MUST SEE when anyone visits portugal!!!

[@Slowburn726]

The natural way the bark is carefully removed and handled, the care for the trees themselves made me so happy.

[@saltymangoparty]

The is what it means to be sustainable. AWESOME!

[@JayceeR]

also we can reuse it like what i saw the other day that they use corks for the seats of their barstools, no leather or foam needed.

[@ykMMD]

You can also do some research and check if your city has specialized facilities to recycle/re-use wine corkscrew! They are not recyclable in traditional recycling facilities and if you put them in the trash after one use..well, it's not very sustainable.

[@speedy01247]

@@ykMMD what? Like can't you just reuse the corkscrew? (I assume it's the thing you screw into corks to pull them out, in which case they are totally reusable)

[@gamigam6420]

Helped me help my family we are poor and I want to change our life, fund my transport project in my country please😢😥 or give me alms😞

[@volundrfrey896]

@@ykMMD Yes it can still be sustainable depending on what your city does with it after its use. If they eg burn it or compost it then it's very sustainable.

[@BigTruckBigRV]

Wow...KZbin found a video that I really love!

[@randallbyrd6664]

Wow, I will stop complaining about the price of wine. That is crazy the skill and love needed to protect the trees.

[@GabGotti3]

Portugal also has some of the best wine in the world. So underrated!! 🇵🇹

[@leoriso]

Properly rated

[@johnny_eth]

I'm quite sure port is not underrated

[@mhattjeremie9883]

Portugal already has C.Ronaldo that's more than enough.

[@nanu7750]

@@mhattjeremie9883 😂😂 aye

[@gorillachilla]

And nandos, and football players and sardines and peri peri

[@thenativepoison3129]

That update to the axes in Minecraft makes so much more sense after watching this

[@molitovv]

Ha! It looks a lot like stripped logs, well spotted

[@The_Jzoli]

Should've made it so you get bark out of it, so you can craft corks and use them in the bottle recipe.

[@typingname6276]

1:43 imagine telling someone you are the president for the Portuguese "cork" association

[@xavierdiaz4718]

I bet his bank account speaks different, so im sure he has no issue saying his title. Wine is big business

[@travis5481]

Seems like a fine thing to be.

[@stephanieyee9784]

This is a very interesting video. I'm glad the Portuguese value their Cork industry and protect their cork trees with strict rules.

[@pandoravex4791]

I never thought I’d see a tree peeled like that. So satisfying to watch.

[@jab3593]

Like peeling off a sunburn.

[@jwboll]

All of my life I've had these nagging questions in the back of my mind, wondering how corks were made... and today, with this single video, my questions have been answered.

[@sonialascas471]

Fico contente quando dão a conhecer o valor da nossa terra, sou portuguesa alentejana com muito orgulho 🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@GCJACK83]

If you enjoy fishing, store your hooks in old wine corks. The corks will keep you from being hurt by the hooks and they also float in case your tackle box falls in the water.

[@-abhi]

Protected since 1209 Huge respect to portuguese government

[@diegovillalobos5364]

So happy for the cork trees! They will stay with us until we disappear from the face of the Earth

[@anupama2620]

😄

[@iAmBrothaDee]

Hi

[@speedy01247]

@¿0.O? best way to survive, be important to humans.

[@m23star1]

Love that!

[@pepesylvia848]

@@speedy01247 literally the best way.

[@carltonbreezy]

Funnily enough, I woke up wondering how many cork stoppers can be made in a day.

[@TheBadcompanyboy]

10

[@davidbueso3840]

It must feel good taking a whole chunk off. Tree: aaaahhhhhh😌

[@matviia]

Title: 40 million a day Video: also 40 million a day, but then explains it’s 40 million a year

[@deathcall7779]

Ikr

[@TruckTaxiMoveIt]

40 million a day seems kind of high and 40 million a year seems very low so ...

[@timlilijinsheng4070]

@@TruckTaxiMoveIt how bout 40000000 a month?

[@Branhawk]

Yup lost

[@hopcfizl3671]

@@TruckTaxiMoveIt probably a year

[@We-need-more-ads-and-bots]

Boss: “put a cork in it” Me: “nah, cork trees are endangered”

[@ANPC-pi9vu]

They don't kill the trees to make the corks, though. It's illegal to cut them down.

[@maga6403]

🤡

[@Jackdaniels19894]

@@ANPC-pi9vu but that is supposed to be a protective cover for the tree

[@pepesylvia848]

@@ANPC-pi9vu Cork trees still get overharvested by people who don't follow the rules

[@TechnicalOveride]

@@Jackdaniels19894 it doesn't kill the tree, they are very careful not to remove too much bark so the trees don't die

[@collidingforces9589]

Excellent Portugal! We should learn how to take better care of our trees and let trees live a long life.

[@mjk6618]

Never throw out your real cork stoppers.... You can use them for sharpening those throw-away razors that you use for shaving! ⏩Just run the blade thru the cork and "voila!" you've got a brand-new razor again! And that cork will last well over a year doing this!⏪ Hope this helps! GOD BLESS 🌿💕🌿

[@SylvieTheCuteSylveon]

So basically like how a sheep gets sheared of its fur, these trees gets its outside skin removed

[@SERGIO-cr6uy]

Thanks God they don't use an Axe on sheep to remove the wool.

[@swamp-yankee]

Except cork is actually worth something. Raw wool is worthless. In my region it doesn't even pay for the gas it takes to take a load of wool to the buyer. So I raise hair sheep.

[@Sk1tz092]

@@swamp-yankee wow I never heard of hair sheep before, just looked it up haha so cool I never knew this kind of sheep existed. Thanks for this comment lmao, also a question. Do you raise hair sheep also to use their fur? Is the hair fur comparable to the wool? What kind of stuff do they make from hair sheep hair? Too many questions excuse me :p

[@swamp-yankee]

@@Sk1tz092 I sell cuts of lamb and mutton, and sell breeding quality animals to other farmers. I recently mailed my first batch of sheep skins to a tannery. When my flock sheds it falls on the pasture and only the birds make use of it for nests.

[@m0nte1ro]

@@swamp-yankee very interesting!

[@loveunlimited777]

I now have a new appreciation of cork products. Thank you KZbin algorithm. 😂

[@charliebrown3404]

Read that some farmers we're switching to plastic cork stoppers which was a problem for cork tree farmers. Cork trees do not catch fire as fast & are beneficial to delay forest fires from spreading...they are biodegradable thus environmentally-friendly....good to know they're still being made.

[@MrTStat]

I remember watching a short documentary before youtube, about how the Portuguese cork was dying because of the cheap plastic competition, how the tables have turned!!

[@thanhtrinh9277]

Video: “We work carefully not to harm the tree” People on the internet: “They’ll kill those trees by doing that!”

[@Qardo]

Yeah. When this process has been doing for 812 years. I do not think the trees have much to worry about. Then, again those same people on the internet do not even believe humanity existed that far back........

[@FishingForLife28]

Its because people on the internet are self-declared experts on any given matter

[@michalpecz9433]

@@Qardo its even longer. 812 years was state protection. They said that even roman and egyptians used it.

[@thanhtrinh9277]

@Rasta Koots at the time I made this comment there’re comments like that. And not long before you made your reply there’s a person says: “Trees can’t regrow bark and they feel pain. You’re skinning them alive. Terrible people”. Guess who

[@danteprudente8637]

Ignorant Environmentalist fanatics are worse then religious fanatics. They spread lies and hatred wherever they go. See my post above - this comnent proved it.

[@rob1113]

“Granulated cork stoppers for less expensive wine” Aww, you mean my people kinda wine...

[@olivedidnt4609]

Hello I'm comment your joke is funny😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@zhuhw]

I like those $5 a bottle wine

[@thepettiestpersonever6534]

Just buy boxed wine. Karen Walker calls them her "juice boxes"

[@chupameusculh0es493]

They are all appreciated for us

[@Sherlockohms303]

We have 6 cork oak trees on a property in Colorado our elevation is perfect for the tree. We make our own grapes and bottle our wine with homemade cork and MMJ Farm as well.

[@flikkie72]

Such an interesting material, great in the battle against plastics, durable, sustainable harvests and actually helps against desertification.. I envision a Sahara desert full of cork oak trees 😍

[@S_Carol]

I remember being 4 and getting really alarmed one day, because someone had taken the skin from the trees in the garden and I thought they were gonna die 😂

[@lukasnielsen5207]

Hey. Most trees die from it. Regular Beech trees can die from a thin cut all the way around the trunk. Cork is just different

[@collecter3456]

@@lukasnielsen5207 But that’s the cambium layer, not the outer bark.

[@mikehatzn]

Extremely satisfying to see a tree get striped away😮

[@sn5301679]

Trent: pervert!!

[@azmankmn]

@@sn5301679 Hahaha

[@megametagross726]

sTREEper

[@santoryu2753]

So you like naked trees?

[@YellowLAVA]

Right click with axe. Ez

[@joejr9653]

You learn something new everyday. Interesting how cork is harvested.

[@microphotography2090]

Imagine every 9 years, guys with axes come to skin you alive.

[@angeleyes4413]

Imagine every 9 year, guys come to give you a bath

[@ForteExpresso]

Not everything is supposed to be replaced by technology

[@nick_koh]

Honestly couldn't agree more. And to that point, sometimes it's a matter of should rather than could.

[@Quick-ug2wl]

Technology sucks they made it so that we can't live without it, imagine how lucky the people in 1200-1600 were

[@Jackdaniels19894]

@@Quick-ug2wl miserable

[@Quick-ug2wl]

yusuf nassiry my life with technology be like:

[@pepesylvia848]

This will eventually be replaced by robots doing this, but it's such a slow process that it would lose money to automate. You'd make your money back in like 500 years of robot free labor.

[@CarlosHenriqueNoronhadeAguiar]

Um abraço para os amigos de Portugal! 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷

[@jaimefrancagarrido6087]

Olá amigo , me tira uma dúvida ! A árvore não morre depois que tiram a casca ?

[@CarlosHenriqueNoronhadeAguiar]

@@jaimefrancagarrido6087 não, demora uns 10 anos se não me engano pra nascer de novo

[@pedroluis758]

Não a árvore não morre. Demora 15 anos para tirar a cortiça outra vez. A cada 15 anos se tira a cortiça. Este tipo de árvore é muito longeva.

[@dianarodrigues4925]

@@jaimefrancagarrido6087 apenas morre se for ferida a camada interna deixando assim entrar água e/ou insectos

[@valterleao6795]

MAGNÍFICO…, uma cultura espetacular! Abraço aqui do Brasil 🇧🇷

[@klimtkahlo]

Que bom saber que nem todos os brasileiros odeiam os portugueses! Aqui nos Estados Unidos quando digo que sou de Portugal a um brasileiro nem me falam ou nem me falam em português! 😳 ainda por cima os portugueses adoram os brasileiros, o sotaque brasileiro por causa das tele novelas! 💔

[@roberthouse4817]

I've got a neighbor who makes homemade wine, and I've always been curious about the corks in the bottles, cool to see that they don't have to kill the tree to harvest the bark and they can just rotate around fields every so often to get more, more methods of farming like this need to be experimented with to save nature while also cultivating it and making use of what it can provide without killing it

[@ceegee924]

The unused cork goes into sammy sosa's baseball bats.

[@FUNKOfilms]

Not cool man

[@D_Marrenalv]

That was so cool lol

[@fbfbros]

Worker :"What a day of working, see u guys in the next 9 year."

[@jerryeliaslaurindo1762]

Um abraço aos irmãos portugueses que desenvolvem esse fascinante trabalho!!!

[@biggtrux]

I wish we could care for and shepherd everything we rely on like Portugal has cared for these trees since 1209. Such respect for Portuguese farsightedness.

[@leandrom4889]

Meus amigos desculpem mas tenho que mandar a classica: PORTUGAL CARALHO!! xD

[@vicentetrigo9476]

PORTUGAL CARALHOOOOOO!!!

[@clipandship-q6h]

O símbolo de Portugal nestas plataformas, PORTUGAL CARALHO!!!!!!!

[@fernandomartins2035]

Pôrra mas é o Alentejo cumpadre. Caralho é para Caldas ou pra sêcú!

[@Draconicrose]

Vim aos comentários procurar XD

[@ULTRAKB1997]

PORTUGAL CARALHO

[@MJorgy5]

Synthetic corks are nasty. Bless these people for producing the good stuff!

[@dennismitchell5276]

I worked in California at a place that imported corks. My job was "dedusting". Take a hundred pound bag of corks put them in a giant tumbler and vacuum vast amounts of dust. Really just a very fine sawdust. I was told the dust could act like gun powder if compressed suddenly. Every few years cork ware house explodes in Portugal. Next the corks were printed. Then we had larger dryers where a fine wax was sprayed on them before packaging.

[@bharat_thapa_]

*Watching the government protect trees makes me a very very happy person!*

[@johnpaulnatividad]

who else thought that the cork is actually the trunk of the tree and not the outside skin of the tree?

[@abd_sh_321]

Isn't that the cork?😇

[@abd_sh_321]

Just asking

[@nobodythatyouknow241]

Not me. I have known it is the bark of the cork oak. Even went to Portugal to see them in real life.

[@jerryrigsit5400]

I didn't know it was just the bark, basically the dead bark.

[@renurathod3603]

mee too

[@imaginewagons3777]

Bark removal is soooo satisfying to watch.

[@denniswhite166]

Yes especially on these trees since it grows back.

[@delick01]

Imagine the person harvesting a tree is 20 years old . The next time he harvest the same tree, he will bring his grandkids

[@lolaeudy8316]

The elementary school I attended had a cork oak tree. As far as I know, it was never harvested. We always loved that tree, and thought it was special.

[@lordsirnoelmanchester3592]

Un-change practice from the medieval era all the way to the present times. Centuries old tradition of cork harvesting was such a fascinating scene.

[@lakotatwohearts]

This makes me appreciate my corks after drinking my wine. I will start saving them again!! U learn something knew every day!

[@walterbrunswick]

Again? Why did you stop saving them? Answer: Because they are useless afterwards, unless re-processed.

[@TheCrazyCanuck420]

I didn't know corks are bark, I assumed it was the core of the trunk. Thanks youtube algorithm!

[@jessegonzalez8238]

See the bottom of that tree naked reminds me of a classic cartoon show Tom and Jerry where Tom would always lose all of his body hair.

[@yingyangmapper5399]

When I was little (note: I live in Portugal) our class went to one of these cork "farms" (there was a part that had a very loud noise for my 9yr old ears) and everyone in my class got a cork square as a souvenir (I probably lost it somewhere ;( )

[@ForteExpresso]

You drink wine now So you can save them

[@MeettheTings]

I'm never throwing away another cork!

[@antworkss]

The Tree: ahh time to get naked for years again.

[@Universal.G]

I am surprised that the trees don't die from removing the bark, even if its only part of the trees bark. Most trees die when you remove the bark 360 degrees around any part of the trunk. Even just cutting a ring 360 degrees around the trunk can kill most trees. This is very interesting..

[@Richie016]

Producing cork stoppers in large numbers demand high yields of forest bark.

[@chupameusculh0es493]

They are beautiful trees and don’t need much water. Ideal

[@Etherealbear855]

I have so much respect that they don’t just cut down the whole tree

[@aaronchif]

Would you rather be stripped apart. Then you regrow your skin/limbs to only get it stripped again? I don’t care tbh.

[@SmooshGoo]

@@aaronchif then shut up

[@swamp-yankee]

Wouldn't make sense to destroy something so valuable and culturally important. We don't kill cows for their milk either.

[@aaronchif]

@@swamp-yankee do a bit of research that will save me from replying to you.

[@aaronchif]

@@SmooshGoo bit aggressive

[@TheSpencer033]

A stuck cork in my whiskey bottle led me here, and I'm glad it did. Harvesting cork is actually pretty cool, and I had no idea where it came from.

[@S85B50Engine]

It's impressive to see how centuries old methods can still be applied today and are more efficient than machines.

[@MarielikestoCrochet]

Great to see a video where they are protecting the trees! I save my corks & use them in decorations sometimes. I put them in a pretty bowl and add a candle 🕯 I’ve done another cork DIY. You can make a board with it lol.

[@prakhargupta3739]

If the cork industry is worth 0.5 billion dollars just think how much total wine industry would be worth

[@beatrizvb1213]

*TUGAS NO SEU MELHOR* as a portuguese i can say that we *love those trees* 🟩🟡🟥

[@Deeked]

I wish everyone that harvested natural resources cared this much about preservation.

[@Ritaaw1]

The word ”cork” has evolved in the finnish language to mean ”a cap”, korkki 😄

[@pepesylvia848]

The Iberian celtic word "coco" for "skull" evolved to only mean coconuts, then back into meaning skull in Spanish but only playfully. "Me lavaron el coco" ("They rinsed my coconut") (They brainwashed me.) Language is cool.

[@Pouly__]

Its so satisfying to see people remove that bark.

[@94Whiskey]

Good to see the old traditional ways are being maintained in not just the local level but national level... Portugal is an excellent example of protecting natural resources but income generating renewable resources!

[@Karl87ification]

01:43 so glad to see that borat is doing fine

[@SunoSunoDuniyaKeLogo]

Everybody: we keep the trees alive 🌳 😍 These Trees: OHNOOO. NOT AGAIN. . JUST KILL ME ALREADY!!

[@rennycepeda6576]

this implies vegans are harming the environment too which makes the comment better

[@godalmighty8018]

Its like cutting your nails not like cutting your fingers

[@brunomanco7529]

Cork trees live longer this way. less humidity traped

[@shprite781]

Vegan mfs will find a way to clown themselves every time

[@wjreinhardt8787]

@@rennycepeda6576 Not all Vegans drink wine, only some wine is concidered vegan

[@eoghanmacdonald7265]

‘Machines do not work because a person has to go there to remove the cork’ seems a very valid reason mate, clever you🤩👍🏼

[@KingLouis420th]

I think he’s implying since they don’t/can’t cut them down a person has to do all the work in lieu of the machine

[@Manimanocas]

ithink they are saying that a person has more flexebility becaue the cork trees have different "heights" of bark

[@goncalodias6402]

he said a person has to go there and remove the cork by hand anyway. the machines cant do it properly

[@louteix9981]

E NÃO SÓ, MAS TAMBÉM O MELHOR VINHO E AZEITE DO PLANETA🇵🇹💙💙💙

[@elvenkind6072]

It look so satisfying to see how they peel of such huge flakes of cork-bark from the trees. I imagine I'd love to do such a job.

[@jayino6737]

its good to hear that people really doing something to help the enviroment

[@thisguy7976]

No touching for 15 years? Should be 18 if you ask me.

[@ANPC-pi9vu]

Says in the vid they usually wait 33 years in actuality, because the bark isn't as good in smaller younger trees. Harvesting young trees will slow the growth of the trees, where as harvesting an old tree that already puts it's energy into sustaining it's self makes more sense. An older tree also has a bigger root system so I would bet they regenerate better. So basically there's alteady incentive to harvest older trees, the limit is just to stop from stressing young trees during their years of fast growth.

[@thisguy7976]

@@ANPC-pi9vu It was a statutory joke brother.

[@dadadede9359]

Lol

[@Quick-ug2wl]

ANPC 5493 joke went over your head 😆

[@blackandgold676]

/whooooooosh

[@thefishtubecom]

It feels so satisfying to see them peel the bark off in chunks, yet it also feels like they're violating the tree's... dignity haha

[@nuenwrq3813]

I’ll just rewatch this video every 9 years and pretend the cork has regrown.