Options for protecting a Grape Vine from birds?

It's spring in Australia and soon the grapevine will shoot and flower and then ... fruit.



The birds love the fruit as much as we do (or more). The vine is under a pergola ... what are the options for protecting the fruit in this space given that netting just wouldn't work?



Cheers!

Options for protecting a Grape Vine from birds?
I live in the heart of the wine country in California. Around here, they (the large orchards) use netting, use large booms to scare the birds, trap the birds and put a type of glittery, foil string placed throughout the row. The glittery, foil string simmers in the sun and the birds do not like it. It is tied to the top of the poles and vines so that it is visible.
Reply:I read about some dogs especially trained to scare the birds, it seems a good solution in addition to netting and foil. I hope it helps.
Reply:we have a small fig tree that produced no fruit until we used netting that we bought at walmart.not expensive.the birds are tricky.but we love them so this will do no harm.i also had bell peppers and petite tomatoes and a small orange tree that produces now.we had our tomato plants in big pots on our porch and the squirels got no more free lunches after the netting.i don't know where you live but the end of summer is almost here in s.georgia and garden products are on sale.
Reply:We always covered the grape clusters by putting them into a small, brown paper bag, and closed the top of the bag with a twist'em. Not only will this protect from birds, but will prevent gophers from eating the grapes. It may look funny, but it really works.
Reply:Netting is about the only thing you can use. Put the netting over the entire pergola.



Outdoor cats help too. But there are too many birds for cats to keep them all away.