Long Island

[LIWineNewbie]

Hi. I'm a newbie to wines, and would like to start learning more about them, starting locally. I live on Long Island, in New York, in the USA. I was wondering if anyone had heard of or tasted some of the wines local to the New York area, and could recommend a good place to start?

Thank you in advance.

Oh, I'm also going to pick up the publications suggested by most of you as good places to start such as the Dummies book, and others.