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Isabelle MartensLifestyle journalist & wine expert
"Slow luxury isn't golden faucets – it's having time to talk with the winemaker before buying the bottle."
Art historian from Sorbonne, previously at Condé Nast Traveller. Now based between Antwerp and Cyprus.
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