Exhibit 99.1

                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002


         In connection with the Quarterly Report of California  Almond Investors
I, (the  "Company")  on Form 10-Q for the period  ending  June 30, 2002 as filed
with the Securities and Exchange  Commission on the date hereof (the  "Report"),
I, David A. Bade of the Company,  certify,  pursuant to 18 U.S.C.  ss. 1350,  as
adopted pursuant to ss. 906 of the  Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to the best
of my knowledge:

                  (1)  The  Report  fully  complies  with  the  requirements  of
                       section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities  Exchange Act of
                       1934; and

                  (2)  The information  contained in the Report fairly presents,
                       in all material  respects,  the  financial  condition and
                       result of operations of the Company.


CALIFORNIA ALMOND INVESTORS I
A California limited partnership

By:      Vintech Almond Advisers, Inc.
         A California corporation,
         Managing General Partner


         By:
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                  David A. Bade
                  President


This  certification  accompanies  this  Report  pursuant  to Section  906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley  Act of 2002 and shall not,  except to the extent required by the
Sarbanes-Oxley  Act of 2002,  be deemed  filed by the  Company  for  purposes of
Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.