Does blended scotch still have a place for itself in the modern bar?

Blended Scotch combines malt whisky, either a single malt or many, with grain whisky

My parents did not drink much, but they maintained a full liquor cabinet, either out of a sense of hospitality or because they received a lot of nice gifts.
 
Not surprisingly, the array of spirits fascinated me. I remember the red-velvet-covered bottle of cherry heering, the coffee-scented Kahlua and the herbal Dubonnet that my father liked. But what most impressed me was the Scotch, and the famous, evocative names like Cutty Sark, Dewar’s and Chivas Regal.
 
Later on, as I started to work and came to understand that bars were an essential companion to the newspaper business, I