Here's my 2¢
I purchased a CX bike for my winter - foul weather bike. Since I live on Long Island there are no hills over a few hundred feet and I rarely ride over 25mph, unless going down hill.
So I went with a Sram Rival CX1 with a 40T and 11-32. I also replaced the 44cm bars with 42cm and put a road saddle on. I also have 2 sets of tires, the stock with 35mm knobby and a second with 32mm tubeless road.
The bike does it all.