Marquette - netting?

[spaniel]

This is my first year with grapes on my Marquette. They are definitely bigger than my other reds (Foch, Oberlin Noir). Do people typically need to net Marquette to keep the birds from taking them? Netting Foch and Oberlin is a MUST, but it would be nice if I did not have to net yet another variety.

Not that it matters this year...central Indiana is about the wettest place in the nation and despite spraying what I am pretty sure is black rot it taking out a good chunk of the grapes as well as part/all of a few vines.

 

[grapeman]

Birds love Marquette grapes so netting is a must. If the grapes are too sparse to justify it this year you could wait until next.

 

[spaniel]

Thanks grapeman. I was really hoping to avoid the chore on these ones...I love red wine but the grapes are so much more work!