Generoso Eiroa News Today

Generoso Eiroa, who spent 70 years working in the tobacco business in just about every major tobacco-producing country, died on Friday. | Cigar Aficionado

For the first time in the company’s history, there will be a Dominican-made Asylum cigar. Later this month, the company will begin shipping the Asylum Arkham, a new two-size line that is made at an undisclosed factory in the Dominican Republic. Asylum said that it enlisted the help of Generoso Eiroa, uncle of Christian Eiroa, to find the factory and tobaccos used for the new blend, which is also not being disclosed, though the company describes as “full.” It will be offered in two sizes: ...