Alsace: Font of winter whites

Alsace, France, “produces an amazing array of wines,” said Dave McIntyre in The Washington Post. This small border region is the place to look for whites that pair well with cold-weather menus. Not only do they offer “impressive complexity”; they’re also drier and weightier than their German cousins.

2009 Willm Riesling Grand Cru Kirchberg de Barr ($22). This “electrifying” wine is an “exceptional” value for a Grand Cru Riesling.

2005 Charles Schleret Riesling

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Herrenweg ($27). Consider trying a Riesling “with some age on it”: This one is fleshing out “more into tree-fruit flavors than stony minerality.”

2010 Domaine Weinbach Pinot Gris Cuvée Ste. Catherine ($50). A “luxurious” pinot gris. It suggests that any wine from Domaine Weinbach, a 400-year-old winery founded by Capuchin monks, is “worth the effort and expense.”