Birds are getting my grapes!

Winemaking
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Birds have been attacking my vines and have almost completely eaten all of my white grapes. Some of purple are gone too.

I was thinking of cutting the clusters off the vine tonight and keeping them in basement for the next two days so that I can start the crushing process. Are they going to be ok in my 68 degree basement for the next 36-48 hours? Will that have any effect on the finished wine?

Thanks,

Jeff

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If anybody was wondering what happened… I harvested them and started the wine about 24 hrs later. The only problem I found was that the pressure of all the grapes above split some of the skins on the bottom bunches.
Next year I’ll get out the gun, well maybe just netting.

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Did you check the sugar content before harvesting?
Seems like some netting might have been a better choice.