Hi Cdngrl. welcome to the forum!!

We had a lengthy discussion about the value of custom wheel builds here.

Rubylvr ended up getting a custom set built and here are her comments.

My BF owns and operates GVH Bikes and I know that he has built many a beautiful wheelset for $600. In your case, hating cross winds, a custom wheel build would be a great way to go. A lot of nice production wheels come with deeper rims that can be a handful in cross winds.