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 March 31, 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: May 13, 2004

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


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