SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF
                       THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934




Date of report (Date of earliest event reported)            September 20, 2002
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                            SONOMAWEST HOLDINGS, INC.
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             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)



       California                         01912                   94-1069729
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(State or Other Jurisdiction     (Commission File Number)    (I.R.S. Employer
      of Incorporation)                                     Identification No.)



     2064 HIGHWAY 116 NORTH, SEBASTOPOL, CALIFORNIA               95472
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        (Address of Principal Executive Offices)                 (Zip Code)



                                 (707) 824-2001
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              (Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)



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          (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)








ITEM 9.  REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE.

     On September 20, 2002, SonomaWest Holdings,  Inc. (the "Company") filed its
Annual  Report for the  fiscal  year ended  June 30,  2002.  Attached  hereto as
Exhibit  99.1 is the  certification  of the  Chairman  of the  Board  and  Chief
Financial  Officer of the Company  pursuant to 18 U.S.C Section 1350, as adopted
pursuant to Section 906 of the  Sarbanes-Oxley  Act of 2002  covering the Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the period ending June 30, 2002.


ITEM 7.  EXHIBITS.

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.



                                   SIGNATURES

PURSUANT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, THE
REGISTRANT HAS DULY CAUSED THIS REPORT TO BE SIGNED ON ITS BEHALF BY THE
UNDERSIGNED THEREUNTO DULY AUTHORIZED.






                                    SONOMAWEST HOLDINGS, INC.



Date:  September 23, 2002           By:  /s/  Roger S. Mertz
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                                       Roger S. Mertz
                                       Chairman of the Board







                                  EXHIBIT INDEX


    Exhibit No.                       Description
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      99.1          Certification Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted
                    pursuant to Section 99.1-1 906 of the  Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
                    2002.