BACKPACK BAG WOMEN´S CORK NATURAL ORIGINAL GENUINE PORTUGUESE

The Cork

It’s a large dark green patch spreading over a vast part of the map of a very small country. 736 thousand hectares, which corresponds roughly to a third all of the oak forests of the world’s 7 great producers: Portugal, Spain. Algeria, Morocco, France, Tunisia and Italy. Beyond the Tagus river, the Mediterranean cork oak, Quercus Suber, reigns sovereign, providing Portugal with almost 190 thousand tons of harvested cork, roughly 51-54% of the world’s production.

The cork oak is atree that needs to be nurtured and cherished by successive generations. Its productive life begins only after 25 years, when the tree attains a girth of 70 cm and the nine-year cycle of growth and harvest can be initiated… to last then for 150, maybe 200 years.

But have really earned the oak, and cork, their international prominence was the alliance with wine. In fact, from the moment the glass container was invented, it did not take long to recognize that they were natural partners, particularly as to the preservation of the quality of wines.

Another industry has also come to be seduced by the charm of Cork: fashion and its innumerous accessories. It’s natural honeyed tone which can be nuanced, the satiny effect of the finishing, the versatility in applications from the ancient use for sandals to modern and attractive attaché cases, light and airy hats, purses and handbags in imaginative design, and even lightweight but robust and effective umbrellas, the way for cork is definitely forward…

Think green. Think Cork.