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What do Jackie Chan, Brigitte Nielson and The Duke of Edinburgh all have in common? 

File:Получение звания почетного командора старейшего винного братства  Франции (Commanderie du Bontemps de Médoc, des Graves, de Sauternes et de  Barsac) в Бордо.jpg - Wikimedia Commons
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They're all Honorary Commanders of the Commanderie du Bontemps de Medoc and Graves and Sauternes and Barsac. It's a French wine fraternity in Bordeaux. The membership list is quite something. There are wine makes and wine merchants and wine lovers. And a…

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