From 10cfda13e62b1d8c951abe791a4425e01610bea9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jon Mease <jonmmease@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2023 16:29:15 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Fallback for ValueError as well

---
 altair/utils/core.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/altair/utils/core.py b/altair/utils/core.py
index 45033572a..f365ce962 100644
--- a/altair/utils/core.py
+++ b/altair/utils/core.py
@@ -588,7 +588,7 @@ def parse_shorthand(
                     column = dfi.get_column_by_name(unescaped_field)
                     try:
                         attrs["type"] = infer_vegalite_type_for_dfi_column(column)
-                    except (NotImplementedError, AttributeError):
+                    except (NotImplementedError, AttributeError, ValueError):
                         # Fall back to pandas-based inference.
                         # Note: The AttributeError catch is a workaround for
                         # https://github.com/pandas-dev/pandas/issues/55332