{{short description|American wine professional}} '''Geoff Kruth''' is an American wine professional. He founded and was president of [[GuildSomm]], a nonprofit that helps prepare candidates for the Master Sommelier exam, and was featured in the 2012 documentary [[Somm (film)|''SOMM'']] as an expert on the process of becoming certified as a Master Sommelier.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Wine Market Council and GuildSomm Announce Strategic Partnership |url=https://www.winebusiness.com/news/article/202051 |access-date=2023-06-27 |website=[[Wine Business]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Master Sommeliers to be Expelled after Sexual Misconduct Investigation |url=https://www.falstaff.com/en/news/master-sommeliers-to-be-expelled-after-sexual-misconduct-investigation |access-date=2023-06-27 |website=[[Falstaff (website)|Falstaff]] |language=en}}</ref>
Kruth resigned his position<ref>{{Cite web |last= |title=Chairman of the Court of Master Sommeliers Resigns, Entire Board Will Be Put Up for Election |url=https://www.foodandwine.com/news/devon-broglie-chairman-court-of-master-sommeliers-resigns |access-date=2023-06-26 |website=[[Food & Wine]] |language=en}}</ref> as Master Sommelier from the [[Court of Master Sommeliers]] in 2020 after being caught up in an organization-wide [[sexual harassment]] scandal during the [[MeToo movement|Me Too movement]]; according to the ''New York Times'', almost a dozen women accused him of sexual misconduct over a period of many years.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Moskin |first=Julia |date=2020-10-29 |title=The Wine World’s Most Elite Circle Has a Sexual Harassment Problem |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/29/dining/drinks/court-of-master-sommeliers-sexual-harassment-wine.html |access-date=2023-06-27 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2021-01-08 |title=Head of Prominent Bay Area Wine Nonprofit Resigns After Sexual Misconduct Allegations |url=https://www.tanyagomerman.com/post/head-of-prominent-bay-area-wine-nonprofit-resigns-after-sexual-misconduct-allegations |access-date=2023-06-27 |website=GOBO |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Saxena |first=Jaya |date=2021-11-17 |title=Six Master Sommeliers May Lose Their Titles After Sexual Misconduct Investigation |url=https://www.eater.com/22788144/master-sommeliers-lose-titles-sexual-misconduct-investigation-court-of-master-sommeliers |access-date=2023-06-27 |website=Eater |language=en}}</ref> Some of the accusations involved coercive pressure to exchange sex for professional favors.<ref name=":2" />
After the sexual misconduct accusations he resigned his position at GuildSomm.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Mobley |first=Esther |date=2020-10-30 |title=Head of prominent Bay Area wine nonprofit resigns after sexual misconduct allegations |url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/wine/article/Head-of-prominent-Bay-Area-wine-nonprofit-resigns-15686964.php |access-date=2023-06-27 |website=[[San Francisco Chronicle]] |language=en-US}}</ref>
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