Can I run Windows software with no configuration?
From my brief research (I don’t use either) it appears that Bottles tries to automate stuff, but it depends entirely on what software you wish to use; in other words, probably hit-and-miss at best. 
I did try Wine years back, but afraid I gave up on it after a short while.
So, don’t bother?
Well, not exactly, it probably won’t hurt to try it out. It’s just that in my (limited) experience, I couldn’t get the software I wanted to run properly.
It depends on the software.
Winehq has got a list with what works and what didn’t , compiled by people who tried it, and who gave feedback on what it took to make it work.
Often, with older software, it’ll work.
I have never been in the Windows “universe” - so I do not even know what shiny piece of software I might be missing out on.
I use wine to run an older version of “sketchup make” - a program similar to FreeCAD, but easier to learn and use - I use it for models for woodworking projects.
FreeCAD is much more capable, but overkill for what I need.
Where can I get Bottles?
[brian@BG-IdeaPad ~] $ pamac search -a bottles
bottles-git 2:51.18.r65.g96056559-1 AUR
Easily manage wineprefix using environments
bottles 2:51.17-3 AUR
Easily manage wine and proton prefix
… so, the AUR 
Flatpak. And probably the repos?
Bottles is easier to configure, you can switch backends, drivers and mods if something doesn’t run with a click. I highly recommend it.
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from AUR
It allows you to relatively easily maintain different wine versions - apart from the system installed wine version - which is constantly changing
The upshot (and part of the purpose) is:
what was working once
will keep working,
no matter what changes in the current wine version
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Don’t use the AUR for this one; use the Flatpak
Bottles developers want this to run in a sandboxed environment and this has been a source of issues for a while
Source: I have been involved with bottles-git packaging for a while and following AUR comments on both versions since 2021/02
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It is a lot more secure that way too. You sure do not want windows executable code on your main system.
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Great point on Bottle being sandboxes.
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