Nice article. I didn’t get much of a chance when in New Orleans the last two times to make a good Aperitivo run. We’re severely limited her in LA. There is a good shop in Birmingham, but the markup can be a little breathtaking.
I always stock up when traveling, terrible selection here ¶. Seems like when they get a nice vermouth, chinato, etc. in it’s once and done.
PA suffers under the same curse as Alabama. All orders come from and through the state. It is impossible for the ordinary citizen to influence a buying decision. However for allocated whiskey, the state doesn’t charge a markup and has a lottery open to everyone for the really allocated stuff and the winning tickets are non-transferable. So there s some fairness there.
No offense, but a dirty martini is just a good martini ruined. 
Ginning it up