For over a decade, shrewd wine buyers have been seeking out Alsace Pinot Blanc as an attractive, tasty, medium-bodied, dry white wine that can age, as well as offer value. Sparr's 1992 Pinot Blanc-Reserve reveals copious amounts of ripe apple/tangerine-like fruit, fine freshness, and a crisp, low acid finish. Drink it over the next 2 years. While Sparr's wines are rarely capable of hitting the peaks reached by the likes of Alsace's Domaine Weinbach, Zind-Humbrecht, Albert Mann, or Bernard Schoffit, they are consistently reliable as well as fairly priced. All of the offerings reviewed in this issue are attractive, up-front, delicious, dry whites for drinking over the next 2-10 years, depending on the cuvee. Several other Sparr 1992s that are priced in the $12.50-14.00 range (too high for this article) are noteworthy wines. Consumers should be on the lookout for the 1992 Pinot Blanc Vieilles Vignes (86), 1992 Riesling Reserve (87; wonderful mineral/orange-like flavors in a dry, medium-bodied format), 1992 Pinot Gris Reserve (87; spicy, oily, buttery, and chewy), and the 1992 Gewurztraminer Reserve (88; textbook rose petal/grapefruit flavors in a full-bodied, dry format). Importer: Hand Picked Selections, Dan Kravitz, Warrenton, VA.