EXHIBIT 32.1


                          CALIFORNIA ALMOND INVESTORS I

                           CERTIFICATION: PURSUANT TO
            SECTION 1350, CHAPTER 63 OF TITLE 18, UNITED STATES CODE,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

     I, David Bade, President of Vintech Almond Advisors, Inc., Managing General
Partner of California Almond Investors I (the "Company"),  certify,  pursuant to
Section 1350, Chapter 63 of Title 18, United States Code, as adopted pursuant to

Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

     (1)  The  Quarterly  Report on Form  10-QSB of the  Company for the quarter
          ended  September  30,  2004 (The  "Report")  fully  complies  with the
          requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities  Exchange Act
          of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78m or 78o(d)); and

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


DATE: November 10, 2004

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


         By:      /s/ David A. Bade         President
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                  David A. Bade,            President