Alternate contact when mail bounces

We received an invite from a local company recently. At the top of the invite there was a sticker.
Thumb We attempted to send email, but your address bounced. Please contact either me or the tasting room to update. Thanks!

We attempted to send email, but your address bounced. Please contact either me or the tasting room to update. Thanks!

I signed up for their list in person. I’m not 100% sure what happened here, but it’s probably a typo. I appreciate the vendor telling me, though. I do want their email, and now I know they do have an email program I will get the address corrected.

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