Ubutnu/Kubuntu makes a plain installation, then it has an automatic upgrading utility, I've it translated in italian, however you find it in the programs menu it's "Add/Remove programs". You have a quick search box, type in it "wine", select it and it will install. Now you can directly install Windows programs by clicking on them, there is also a configuration utility that comes with wine and i found a Winescript that tricks a little the program (winth not much luck...)
You find the .wine (hideen directory) under /home/(your name)/.wine
here it is a windows subdirectory, then also a fonts subdirectory.
I noticed that moving there the fonts that you find in the usual /windows/fonts directory make the installation work better...
BTW with Add/Remove programs you can directly install a lot of programs like
Blender, firefox,
gimp etc.
About the Wine windows emulation you can find documentation, faq and a forum here
http://www.winehq.org/