The Benedictine monks who settled in Pannonhalma have been closely connected to growing grapewines and wine-making. They cultivated the most developed wine-making practices of the age. In the early 1900s the size of the abbey's property nearby Pannonhalma was about 100 hectares, moreover the abbey possessed property also in Somló and at the foothills of Tokaj. Even at that time they sold their bottled red and white wines, which have reached beyond the boundaries of the historical Hungary.

Social and political reshuffle following World War II made it impossible to continue the centuries-old traditions, since both the properties and the winery were taken over by the state. In the following decades the monks living in Pannonhalma did not give up resuscitating traditions. In the year 2000 the plans started to take shape which led to the 2003 building of the Winery of the Pannonhalma Archabbey with majority holding of the Pannonhalma Archabbey and minority holding of the Hungarian Bank of Foreign Trade. The winery is situated on a 2000 m2 plot with a capacity of 3000 hls.

The CZITA Construction Office of Győr performed the drawing up of the blueprints in firm cooperation with Gál Tibor, an internationally renown winemaker, who provided technological design for the winery and is also the professional advisor to the enterprise.