Jaime Gil Aluja, President of the Real Academia de Ciencias Económicas y Financieras of Spain (RACEF), has been invested "Commandeur" of the "Confrérie de Tastevins de Clos de Vougeot" n a solemn session was held in the Castle of Clos de Vougeot , in Burgundy, home of the Confrérie. So far he was "Chevalier".

He holds the same grade of "Commandeur" the Vice President of the RACEF, Lorenzo Gascón. The "Grand Maître" is Vincent Barbier and the "Grand Connétable", Louis-Marc Chevignard. The "gran-Duc" of Burgundy is HM the King of Spain Juan Carlos I, which is who has the power to grant the Golden Fleece created in 1429 by Philip III of Burgundy. The last to receive it, in February, was the former President of the French Republic, Nicolas Sarkozy.