# Geoff Kruth

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American wine professional

**Geoff Kruth** is an American wine professional. He founded and was president of [GuildSomm](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=GuildSomm&action=edit&redlink=1), a nonprofit that helps prepare candidates for the Master Sommelier exam, and was featured in the 2012 documentary [*SOMM*](/source/Somm_(film)) as an expert on the process of becoming certified as a Master Sommelier.[1][2][3][4]

Kruth resigned his position[5] as Master Sommelier from the [Court of Master Sommeliers](/source/Court_of_Master_Sommeliers) in 2020 after being caught up in an organization-wide [sexual harassment](/source/Sexual_harassment) scandal during the [Me Too movement](/source/MeToo_movement); according to the *New York Times*, almost a dozen women accused him of sexual misconduct over a period of many years.[1][2][6] Some of the accusations involved coercive pressure to exchange sex for professional favors.[6]

After the sexual misconduct accusations he resigned his position at GuildSomm.[1][7]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-:0_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-:0_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-:0_1-2) Moskin, Julia (2020-10-29). ["The Wine World's Most Elite Circle Has a Sexual Harassment Problem"](https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/29/dining/drinks/court-of-master-sommeliers-sexual-harassment-wine.html). *The New York Times*. [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [0362-4331](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0362-4331). Retrieved 2023-06-27.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-:1_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-:1_2-1) ["Head of Prominent Bay Area Wine Nonprofit Resigns After Sexual Misconduct Allegations"](https://www.tanyagomerman.com/post/head-of-prominent-bay-area-wine-nonprofit-resigns-after-sexual-misconduct-allegations). *GOBO*. 2021-01-08. Retrieved 2023-06-27.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Wine Market Council and GuildSomm Announce Strategic Partnership"](https://www.winebusiness.com/news/article/202051). *[Wine Business](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wine_Business&action=edit&redlink=1)*. Retrieved 2023-06-27.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Master Sommeliers to be Expelled after Sexual Misconduct Investigation"](https://www.falstaff.com/en/news/master-sommeliers-to-be-expelled-after-sexual-misconduct-investigation). *[Falstaff](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Falstaff_(website)&action=edit&redlink=1)*. Retrieved 2023-06-27.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Chairman of the Court of Master Sommeliers Resigns, Entire Board Will Be Put Up for Election"](https://www.foodandwine.com/news/devon-broglie-chairman-court-of-master-sommeliers-resigns). *[Food & Wine](/source/Food_%26_Wine)*. Retrieved 2023-06-26.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-:2_6-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-:2_6-1) Saxena, Jaya (2021-11-17). ["Six Master Sommeliers May Lose Their Titles After Sexual Misconduct Investigation"](https://www.eater.com/22788144/master-sommeliers-lose-titles-sexual-misconduct-investigation-court-of-master-sommeliers). *Eater*. Retrieved 2023-06-27.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** Mobley, Esther (2020-10-30). ["Head of prominent Bay Area wine nonprofit resigns after sexual misconduct allegations"](https://www.sfchronicle.com/wine/article/Head-of-prominent-Bay-Area-wine-nonprofit-resigns-15686964.php). *[San Francisco Chronicle](/source/San_Francisco_Chronicle)*. Retrieved 2023-06-27.

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