One Reason to Check Your Mail: The Veuve Clicquot Mail Truck is Here!

Veuve Clicquot Mail Truck

Remember the first piece of mail you got with your name on it? Maybe it was an issue of a teen magazine or a letter from a friend. Can you recall how excited you were to have actual postal correspondence bearing your name, just like an adult? Nowadays, how excited do you get about receiving mail? I think I check our mailbox once a week. The contents is never sensational.

French champagne house Veuve Clicquot wants us to rekindle that euphoria. This week, they’re touring Chicago in a mail truck decorated with the brand’s iconic label, asking folks to sip champagne and mail handwritten letters to their friends and family. This could either go really well or be the essential equivalent to drunk texting in the 17th century.


Madame Clicquot, the founder of the champagne house (she took it over after the death of her husband) was famous for her letters. In her memory, the brand is paying homage – and I love it! The art of letter writing is dying in a generation of texts and tweets.  A traveling mail truck, serving fine French champagne and edible delicacies is just what the college professor who has a doctorate in English ordered.

Where to find the Veuve Clicquot Mail Truck

  • On Thursday, August 7, stop by The Drake Hotel, where from from 4 p.m. until 7 p.m. in the Cape Cod room, guests can enjoy glasses of Veuve Clicquot paired with fresh oysters for just $35.
  • Come back for more on Thursday night at the Roof at The Wit. From 10 p.m. until 12 a.m., guests can enjoy Veuve Clicquot and a selection of delicious sliders for $35, as well as participate in Jenga games, dance to sounds by a live DJ, and pose in the photo booth.
  • Stop by Friday, August 8, at the newly opened Fig & Olive on Oak Street. From 12 p.m. until 2 p.m., guests can enjoy Veuve Clicquot with a selection of two crostini for $30, play games of Jenga, and relax under the yellow-hued umbrellas at the lovely rooftop bar.
  • Keep the fun flowing from 5:30 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. at the Plum Market Wine Bar for delicious Clicquot treats including watermelon marinated in Veuve Clicquot and Kumumoto Oyster shooters in a gelatinized Champagne sauce. Guests can also sip on Yellow Label by-the-glass for $15 and Rose by-the-glass for $19. There will also be a Mail Station where guests can send Clicquot bottles to their friends. Tickets for this event can be purchased for $15 on www.plummarket.com.
  • On Saturday, August 9 head to Binny’s Lincoln Park from 12 p.m. until 3 p.m for Yellow Label by-the-glass ($15) and small bites on the sunny patio while listening to the sounds of a live DJ.
  • On Saturday evening from 8 p.m. until 11:30 p.m., celebrate at Parson’s with a flute of Yellow Label and crispy fried chicken for $30. On the patio, guests can play Jenga and bottle toss while listening to the DJ.

Let me know via tweet if you guys make it! I’ll be at one of these events at least. See you there!