BRANDS

SOLEX Fine Foods takes pride in the brands we work with.  We work closely with specialty produce and mushroom growers, dairies, farms, aquaculture centers, and producers of unique, high-quality, and interesting products chefs demand.  

Catsmo Artisan Smokehouse

Located in the Hudson Valley of New York, Catsmo Artisan Smokehouse has been smoking salmon for over 20 years. The salmon we use is always fresh and never frozen, giving it a uniquely silky texture, deep orange color. The salmon is smoked on fruit or oak wood, depending on the flavor. Working in conjunction with Catsmo since 2012, Solex is proud to offer one of the few producers of fresh smoked salmon on the market! www.catsmo.com

Noir Caviar

NOIR Caviar is a confluence of like-minded gourmets. The goal was to create a luxury caviar brand that met their own high standards of quality as well as aesthetic beauty. Quality caviar must have a bright glossy color, fresh, mild smell, uniformly sized eggs, and lightly salty flavor, NOIR caviar meets all of those criteria. To ensure their goal, caviar is sourced from only the best sturgeon farms around the world and every shipment is graded as it arrives to ensure that only the best makes it into the NOIR Caviar line. To appreciate these efforts one only needs to try NOIR Caviar. The result speaks for itself.  www.noir-caviar.com

SOLEX Cheese

Solex Fine Foods is proud to announce that we’re now an exclusive distributor of some of the best cheeses from cheesemakers within the United States as well as around the world. Allow us to help craft a unique cheese experience just for you. 

Battenkill Valley Creamery

Five generations of farming and an unsurpassed desire to produce 100% traceable, artisinal milk has culminated in a creamery that produces the highest quality dairy products. The first Farmer/Producer/Bottler to ever receive this prestigious accolade, Battenkill Valley Creamery was awarded by Cornell University the title of Highest Quality Milk in New York State. www.battenkillcreamery.com

Kriemhild Dairy Farms

Kriemhild “Dairy Farms, pronounced cream-hil-d, comes from the name of the original Holstein herd of holstein-friesian cattle that were born, raised and registered in the United States. This particular herd holds a unique value as our farm is located just a few short miles from Peterboro, NY, where the herd resided in 1929, raised by Gerrit Smith Miller, grandson of the famous abolitionist, Gerrit Miller. While we are not focused on breeds and enjoy the diversity of a mixed breed herd, we recognize the importance of history and the path that was paved to make this area the beautiful and viable dairy country that exists today.  www.kriemhilddairy.com

Tartufi di Fassia

Throughout the hilly woods of Fassia, our family-owned estate in Gubbio, truffle hunters or “cavatori” have harvested beautiful truffles since the beginning of the 1900s. We produce this line of unique truffle products in our own state of the art manufacturing plant. The Tartufi di Fassia brand aims to harvest and produce only the freshest and most aromatic truffles and truffle products and does so directly from the source, letting people rediscover the true taste of truffles.  Tartufi di Fassia website

i Solai

i Solai, which loosely translates in Italian to “the attic,” is where balsamic producers in Modena often store their barrels for aging balsamic because of their value. Hence, i Solai was born, an authentic bal-samic vinegar company that represents the richness of the traditions of Modena and respects the delicate laws of balsamic production. i Solai balsamic vinegars are made without any preservatives, colorants or caramel. www.isolai.it

Noble Handcrafted

Noble Handcrafted is a unique range of pure maple syrups and vinegar made in America, whose products reflect a commitment to quality and craftsmanship. Noble procures its maple syrup from single-source maple orchards in Quebec, Vermont, and New York, and uses the highest quality chardonnay and sherry vinegars from France and Spain.

Black Hawk Farms Wagyu Beef

Black Hawk Farms began as a family partnership focused on raising high quality beef. From the ground up, we crafted a beef program that exceeds industry standards and challenges the status quo of ranching. Our goal was simple: to sustainably breed, raise, and finish the most delicious beef possible. Combining our resources and expertise in crop and livestock production, we began building a herd of exceptional American Wagyu cattle on our pastures, located in a historical township known as Black Hawk, Kentucky, hence our farm’s name.  www.blackhawkmeats.comeats.com/

At Lady Edison, we source whole hogs exclusively from the North Carolina Natural Hog Growers Association, headed by Jeremiah Jones. The NCNHGA is made up of 19 farmers, all of which are third-party Animal Welfare Approved and certified non-GMO. The oldest farmers in the organization are in their early 80s and many have been farming all their lives. These small family farms promote traditional, sustainable farming practices and a food system that values and respects the whole animal. Lady Edison hogs are a heritage cross of Berkshire, Chester White and Duroc and are 100% pasture-raised, without hog houses, without gestation crates, as some old-timers say “on the ground” in their natural habitat. www.ladyedisonpork.com

Hudson Valley Chicken & Duck

HV Farms is located in Ferndale, New York, on 200 lush acres in the Catskill Mountains, a lovely two-hour drive from New York City. Our spacious cage-free barns shelter our chickens and ducks from varying weather conditions, especially freezing conditions from September through May in the mountains, and protect them from wildlife predators. We raise and process our chickens and ducks on the farm.  Our birds are individually evaluated by a US Department of Agriculture Inspector under strict guidelines for wholesomeness.  Please look for their seal of approval on all of our offerings. HV Farms is committed to keeping our farm connected to consumers and chefs and we take great pride in our stewardship of our chickens and ducks. Call to arrange a visit. Media are welcome by appointment. Pictures are permitted.  We look forward to meeting you and showing you our farm. www.hvfarms.com

Fresh Origins

Is known for incredible quality and attention to detail. All orders are harvested to order, which provides you with maximum shelf life for your product. No pesticides or herbicides are used at this immaculate farm in sunny California.  www.freshorigins.com

Crown Maple Farms

Crown Maple, grade A, organic Painstakingly crafted to deliver unique taste profiles that enhance any recipe – from Saturday morning pancakes to complex haute cuisine served by the most inventive chefs in the country.  www.crownmaple.com

Lukan’s Farm

Lukan’s Farm in Hawley, PA harvests an all natural, unadulterated honey every year from their hives. Most of the honey is made from goldenrod with smaller amounts coming from Japanese bamboo, clover, aster, and many other wildflowers. www.lukans.com

La Boite Spices

Inspired by his passion for spices and the stories they tell, Lior Lev Secarz began his own journey studying spices and their origins, eventually creating his own blends.  www.laboiteny.com

Santa Monica Farmer’s Market

While Solex Fine Foods prides itself in sourcing the best local products our region has to offer, our motto, Only the best will do, has sent us to the Pacific Coast region to bring the best in produce from our other coast.

Luker Chocolate

Casa Luker has been a leading name in new world chocolate since José Jesús Isaza Jaramillo turned out the company’s first “pastilla” in the lush Andean highlands of Colombia’s Caldas Department in 1906. Today, Casa Luker draws on more than a century of experience in clean crop development and environmentally friendly land management to produce a premium dark chocolate of exotic provenance and uncommon flavor.  www.cacaofinodearoma.com

Bottarga Dell’Isola

Bottarga is the Italian name for the salted, pressed and dried sac of roe, most commonly from the mullet fish. Bottarga Dell’Isola is made exclusively from the roe of Gray Mullet (Mugil Cephalus), sourced from the Gulf of Mexico, off the Florida coast. We select the finest roe to make the very best quality, traditional bottarga, locally in New York. Prepared by hand, with time and care, Bottarga Dell'Isola is both beautiful and delicious. It can be eaten sliced on its own, or simply added to many dishes for nuance and depth of flavor. Bottarga Dell’Isola adheres to HAACP and FDA guidelines.  www.bottargadellisola.com

Rumi Spice

At Rumi Spice we strive to provide high-quality, sustainably farmed saffron to US consumers by sourcing directly from rural Afghan farmers in an economic partnership. We reinvest our profits to build the agricultural and manufacturing infrastructure necessary to lay a foundation for peace and prosperity. In previous years, neglect of the rural Afghan majority contributed to the rise of the Taliban, who capitalized on historic grievances. Without investment in agriculture, Afghan farmers have little prospects with shrinking land allotments – making them susceptible to the Taliban. Rumi Spice strives to change this dynamic. We provide Afghan farmers with a direct market to produce and sell saffron globally.  www.rumispice.com