Single Malt Scotch

As a novice drinker I will approach this topic , not as a self proclaimed expert, but rather a learning enthusiast. I have spent most of my life a as a very light drinker. At Christmas time I would buy a bottle of 12 year old GlennFiddich and it would last me the year. Since I very rarely entertain male friends at home , I drank at home only occasionally. My Scottish roots have had the sad catch 22 of being both , too cheap to spend good money on Scotch, and the other, if your going to spend good money, what better to spend it on. I also figure that I am old enough to do a few gentlemanly things that my Forefathers enjoyed. So at the young age of Fifty I started the educational process of learning the time tested tradition of drinking Single Malt Scotch. If I was not so picky and were to drink just anything, one might be accused of being a drunkard. My understanding is that to truly be called Scotch, that it has to be distilled in Scotland. That may no longer be true as I seem to see Scotch from other lands these days. There are a number of blended whiskeys out there and from time to time , I will try these just to make the comparison.