I'm in Maryland and have used Continental DWS 06/06+ as winter tires for the past 3 cars. It doesn't get consistently cold enough for dedicated winters here and the DWS06 have performed great in cold/wet. Even managed to get through a decent snow storm in Western New York safely; mind you, it...
Just bought a set of bronze VS-5RSs in 19x9.5 et45s; planning on mounting the OE PS4S since my OEM rims have DWS06+s for the winter.
Can't wait to get them! I haven't seen too many SGPs with bronze wheels, but I think it'll look good.