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Sat in the beach bar of my heavenly hotel, a bottle of Lazy Dodo rum reclines in its own mini deckchair. I confess that until I arrived in Mauritius and saw dodo memorabilia everywhere, I had no idea ...

A Scotsman living in Dubai is behind two award-winning rums made on Mauritius, the last home of the dodo. He is now hoping they will give the island’s long-established Pink Pigeon a run for its money.

I walk away from the immigration counter, staring at the stamp on my passport—the teensiest dodo stares at me, seeming to welcome me to Mauritius. The island country in the Indian Ocean, about 2,000km ...

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