Vilana ( el, Βηλάνα) is a white

Greek wine Greece is one of the oldest wine- producing regions in the world and among the first wine-producing territories in Europe. The earliest evidence of Greek wine has been dated to 6,500 years ago

grape variety This list of grape varieties includes cultivated grapes, whether used for wine, or eating as a table grape, fresh or dried (raisin, currant, sultana). For a complete list of all grape species including those unimportant to agriculture, see Viti ...

planted primarily in

Crete Crete ( el, Κρήτη, translit=, Modern: , Ancient: ) is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the 88th largest island in the world and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily, Sardinia, Cyprus, ...

. The grape is a difficult one to cultivate and produces delicate wines rarely seen outside Greece. J. Robinson ''Jancis Robinson's Wine Course'' Third Edition pg 129 Abbeville Press 2003

Synonyms

Vilana is also known under the synonyms Belana and Velana.

References

{{wine-grape-stub White wine grape varieties Grape varieties of Greece