Did you know that there is an interpretation room in São Bras do Alportel Museum, dedicated to Cork?  The town has a long history of its production and extraction as well as the creative use and development of the product.  This room is where the Cork Route Tour starts, if you sign up with the Rota da Cortiço Association.  They offer a range of tours for the young and those less agile. Many cork trees, along with carob and olive trees were destroyed in last July’s fires.  Cork farmers have lost not just one crop but many years of cork harvests.  Although they are replanting, the new trees will not…