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Prescription for Success Remedy Owner Michael Issakhanian, Wine Manager Kev Kazandjian and Buyer Dan Krausz at stylish Remedy Liquor in Glendale, CA. W e stopped in recently to check out the sleek, modern two-story Glendale, CA store that is the fl agship location for Remedy Liquor. According to owner Michael Issakhanian, Remedy boasts the third-largest volume in spirits sales in Southern California, keeping retail prices low through volume buying and an off-site 6,000-square-foot warehouse. We were captivated by the newly re-designed upstairs wine room, where a stunning onyx tasting bar and glass-enclosed cigar lounge add to the clubby, low-key ambience. Dan Krausz is the buyer for the Glendale location as well as a second Remedy store that recently opened in nearby La Cañada- Flintridge. —David Gadd C M Y CM MY CY CMY K Liz Thach, Master of Wine D r. Elizabeth “Liz” Thach MW, the F. Korbel & Bros. Professor in Wine Business at the Wine Business Institute at Sonoma State University, has been awarded the Masters of Wine certifi ca- tion and will be formerly inducted to the Institute of Masters of Wine in November. Thach is one of 290 Masters worldwide and the only woman on the West Coast to achieve the distinction. In addition to teaching graduate and undergraduate courses at Sonoma State, one of three universities in the world to offer a Liz Thach. master’s degree in wine business, Thach is a prolifi c author, speaker and industry consultant. —Deborah Parker Wong PHOTO: DAVID GADD